Review of Vocabulary

What is the purpose of an argumentative essay?

• To persuade the reader

• To entertain the reader

• To tell an interesting story

• To give information about a topic

What is the correct rebuttal for the counterclaim?

Claim: All students should have daily chores to teach them good habits.

Counterclaim: However, some school of thought may reason that daily chores make students tired and stressed during the day.

• Although some may argue that daily chores may make students tired during the day, it cannot be denied that daily chores will teach students good habits.

• .

  Some may say that all students should have daily chores to teach them good habits, but daily chores after school may make students tired.

• Daily chores are good! We should have them!

10. Why is it important to include the counterclaim and rebuttal in your essay?

• It helps strengthen your claim by showing how the opposite perspective of the argument is weak.

• You can show the reader that the other side is also right.

• It helps your essay be longer.

Appeal to logic

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• rhetorical appeals

Appeal to emotion

• pathos

• ethos

• logo

• rhetorical appeals

Appeal to ethics, credibility, integrity, & authority

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• rhetorical fallacies

Credible evidence means that it

• comes from a reliable, unbiased source.

• comes from important people

• persuades people

What is a rebuttal?

• A response to the counterclaim that weakens the opposing view

• Words used to make paragraphs flow smoothly

• Support for the counterclaim

• Evidence

the art of persuasion is know as

• rhetoric

• tone

• ethos

• argument

Which of the following is an example of a "claim" in an argumentative essay?

• A summary of the opposing viewpoint

• A statement that the author believes to be true and will support with evidence

• A piece of evidence that supports the main argument

• A question posed to the reader to make them think