Argument Persuasive Vocabulary Quiz

Argument

• your stance, opinion, or take on a particular topic
• the main idea of what you are writing presented in the form of an argument
• acknowledging valid arguments from the opposing side.
• the group of readers who read a particular piece of writing.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Persuasion in writing

• the main idea or reason behind an argument.
• presenting ideas through reason and logic to influence the audience.
• facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim or support an argument.
• involves countering opposing points of view in an argument.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

What is a claim?

• the group of readers who read a particular piece of writing.
• appealing to an audience or reader's ethics and moral character.
• the main idea of what you are writing presented in the form of an argument
• the group of readers who read a particular piece of writing.

What is evidence?

• the main idea of what you are writing presented in the form of an argument
• your stance, opinion, or take on a particular topic
• acknowledging valid arguments from the opposing side.
• facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim or support an argument.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a supporting statement?

• refers to appealing to the audience's sense of reason using facts or scientific proof.
• statements that provide details that bolster the main claim.
• your stance, opinion, or take on a particular topic

Counter claim.

• acknowledging valid arguments from the opposing side.
• your stance, opinion, or take on a particular topic
• appealing to an audience or reader's ethics and moral character.
• presenting ideas through reason and logic to influence the audience.

Refutation

• statements that provide details that bolster the main claim.
• facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim or support an argument.
• involves countering opposing points of view in an argument.
• the main idea or reason behind an argument.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Audience

• presenting ideas through reason and logic to influence the audience.
• the group of readers who read a particular piece of writing.
• facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim or support an argument.
• refers to appealing to the audience's sense of reason using facts or scientific proof.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Ethos

• statements that provide details that bolster the main claim.
• facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim or support an argument.
• the main idea of what you are writing presented in the form of an argument
• appealing to an audience or reader's ethics and moral character.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos

• the appeal to emotion, aiming to persuade by evoking specific emotions.
• appealing to an audience or reader's ethics and moral character.
• acknowledging valid arguments from the opposing side.
• statements that provide details that bolster the main claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5