Unit 3 Review - Grade 7

Argumentative text allows a reader to do what?

• Learn and understand more about a topic or subject.

• Evaluate if an author is passionate about a topic and can be trusted.

• Evaluate the quality of a text and determine is the reader is convinced of their claim.

• Examine a character in a story and how they change in response to a story's plot.

What is a claim?

• A fact that can be supported by research and evidence provided in the writing.

• Specialized vocabulary that is specific to the topic that is being discussed.

• A statement about what the author would like to discuss in detail through their writing.

• A position on a debatable issue or problem that author is trying to persuade the reader to agree with.

What characteristic of an argumentative text includes all of the information and facts available to support a claim?

• Judge Judy

• Not this one

• Not this one either

• Evidence

Evidence helps to make a claim what?

• Accurate

• Engaging

• Entertaining

• Reliable

What characteristic of argumentative text includes the particular methods of speaking or writing that is used to persuade people to consider alternative ideas about a claim?

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Rhetorical Devices

• Counterargument

What rhetorical device are the logical appeals that include sound reasons and evidence?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

What rhetorical device are the emotional appeals that are used to provoke strong feelings?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

What rhetorical device are the ethical appeals used to establish credibility?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Why would an author present a counterargument in their claim?

• To make themselves appear more knowledgeable on a subject than someone else on the opposite side of the argument.

• To strengthen an author's claim by showing that the author has considered other opinions and viewpoints.

• To make people passionate so they will study the topic being discussed and therefore create their own claim and argument.

• To encourage the readers to consider changing their opinion about the topic being discussed.

What characteristic of an argumentative text includes the reason or reasons that could be used to disprove a claim, showing that an opposing opinion is wrong?

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Rhetorical Devices

• Counterargument