Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

The reasons to support your way of thinking. Used to convince your audience that what you believe is correct.

• Arguments

• Audience

• Precise Claim

• Citing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Statements that can be proven true.

• purpose

• claim

• facts

• examples

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is a claim?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

What is a counterargument?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

What is evidence?

• The opposing viewpoint
• The writer's position that they are trying to prove
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

True or False: A strong argument contains a claim, evidence, and reasoning.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

If your claim is, "Students should wear school uniforms," your counteragument would be...

• Some students should wear school uniforms.
• Students should not wear school uniforms.
• I don't like school uniforms because they are ugly.
• School uniforms would be a good idea.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

A counterclaim is used to..

• argue against the other side

• to show your understanding of the other side of an argument

• end your essay

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

CCSS.W.9-10.1

Where do you write your thesis in an argument essay?

• First sentence of the introduction

• First sentence of a body paragraph

• Last sentence of the introduction

• Last sentence of the conclusion

To cite evidence correctly, you must... (choose all that apply)

• cite the title of your source

• use quotation marks around the evidence

• cite the page # the evidence is from

• cite the website you used

• use the words 'My evidence is....'

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6