Academic Vocabulary Quiz - Argumentative

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is defined as...

• argument

• reason

• evidence

• retort

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

The position that you are trying to get your readers to accept is referred to as...

• counterclaim

• claim

• retort

• rebuttal

Counterclaim is...

• Facts that support your claim to include: statistics, specific and revelent

  facts, definitions, expert opinion

• Sources that are: Reliable, Trustworthy and Dependable

• Prejudice in favor of one thing or against another. A one-sided viewpoint -

  it lacks neutrality

• Challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone

  who may not agree with the argument.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Rebuttal or Turn-Back...

• Prejudice in favor of one thing or against another. A one-sided viewpoint -

  it lacks neutrality

• Demonstrates why the counterargument is wrong

• A claim that a person makes but cannot always prove it - people

  believe to be true but is not backed up by facts

• Statement that explain how the evidence supports and con-

  nects to the claim.

To reply quickly often with a witty and/or sharp response - sarcastically

• Bridge/Warrant

• Retort

• Audience

• Candid

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who will be affected by the topic? Who will read the essay?

• evidence

• claim

• rectify

• audience

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To speculate means to...

• answer rudely; to be curt

• to reply quickly often with a witty and/or sharp response - sarcastically

• to guess without evidence

• correct; to set straight or make right something

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To prove something to be true is termed...

• verify

• bridge

• hook

• thesis

Candid is defined as...

• evidence

• thesis

• hook

• completely honest, straightforward - informal

If you attempt to rectify something then you are trying to do what?

• to correct; to set straight (make right) something

• to guess without evidence

• make a claim and support it using logic

• demonstrate why the counterargument is wrong