Argument Unit Vocabulary

What does 'paraphrasing' mean?

• A word or phrase that connects ideas

• Taking someone else's work or ideas

• Picking a side on a problem and backing it up with reasons and proof

• Explaining someone's ideas in your own words but still saying who originally had the idea

What do the 5 W's and H mean?

• Who, What, When, Where, Why and How

• Something that is true

• Saying something different than what the writer said

• A sentence at the start of an essay that tells the writer's thoughts about the topic of the essay

What does a thesis statement do?

• To tell the reader what the writer thinks or feels about the topic

• To share facts or information about a topic

• To use a statement from a book or expert as an example

• To be trusted or believed

What does 'evidence' mean in a story?

• A saying that is different from what the writer says

• A word or group of words that connect ideas

• A short true story about one thing

• Details that help prove something

What does a counterclaim do?

• To say something opposite to what someone else said

• To choose a side on a problem and back it up with reasons and facts

• To tell the writer's thought or feeling about the essay's topic

• To give facts or details about a topic

What does a direct quote mean?

• A statement that is the opposite of what the writer says

• Using a statement from a writer or expert as an example

• The exact words of a writer or a speaker, put inside 'quotation marks'

• A word or phrase that connects ideas

What does evidence mean?

• A word or phrase that connects ideas

• A small non-fiction story about one thing

• Information that shows something is true

• A statement that is the opposite of what the author says

Why do we use a transition?

• To pick a side on a problem and explain why

• To give facts about something

• To tell what the writer thinks about the topic

• To link ideas together

What does plagiarism mean?

• Taking someone else's work or ideas

• Changing an author's ideas into your own words but still saying they thought of it

• A word or phrase that connects ideas

• Picking a side about a problem and backing it up with reasons and proof

Why do we add more details in a story?

• To say something different from what the writer said

• To give more information or details

• To tell what the writer thinks about the story's topic

• To share facts about a topic