Argumentative Text Vocabulary

Why the author wrote a text...

• text structure

• author's purpose

• argument

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What the text is mostly about; the main idea....

• position

• author's purpose

• central idea

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The position on a topic that is based on logic, reasoning and research

• fact

• author's purpose

• topic

• argument

Something that can be verified as true with data, observations, and reliable sources..

• fact

• opinion

• author's purpose

• argument

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The author's stance on a topic or issue...

• fact

• author's purpose

• position

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The subject of the text....

• fact

• author's purpose

• central idea

• topic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

The reader of the text....

• audience

• author's purpose

• position

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Statement made by the author based on the facts that have been gathered to support an argument...

• position

• claim

• author's purpose

• argument

Type of text where the author expresses their position and uses evidence to support their claims as for or against the topic....

• Drama

• Informational Text

• Argumentative Text

• Poetry

A statement explaining why the opinion/claim is good...

• author's purpose

• argument

• claim

• reason

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5