Argumentative Writing: Essential Vocabulary

To cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument

• Debatable claim

• Evidence

• Persuade

• Commentary

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Details, facts, and reasons that directly relate to and support the debatable claim

• Thesis statement

• Evidence

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A call to ______ encourages the reader to take immediate action on an important issue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An explanation of why the opposing side's argument is wrong and not as strong as the author's argument

• Rebuttal

• Counterclaim

• Thesis statement

• Opposing Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Opposing Arguments should be

• one sentence

• five paragraphs

• a paragraph

• at least a page

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The reasons why other people oppose (disagree with) the author's claim

• Rebuttal

• Call to Action

• Argument

• Counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A type of academic writing that requires the writer to take a position

• Narrative

• Expository

• Argument

• Informational

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The commentary is essentially the ____________ of the evidence.

• Explanation

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Thesis statement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An opinion that is a matter of personal experience and values that must be backed up with evidence. Not everyone will agree with this opinion.

• Commentary

• Debatable Claim

• Persuade

• Rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The thesis statement is usually located here

• The last sentence of the essay

• The first sentence of the essay

• The last sentence of the introduction

• At the end of the second paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C