Argumentative Vocabulary Review

____ is a statement against the claim.

• Argument

• Claim

• Expert

• Counterclaim

The ____ is where the writer asks the reader to act in support of the writer's claim.

• Evidence

• Reason

• Call to Action

• Rebuttal

Facts and proof from a credible source are called-

• Statistics

• Evidence

• Argument

• Explanation

The---- is the statement that the writer is trying to prove true.

• Argument

• Claim

• Explanation

• Reason

The ____ explains why the counter claim is wrong.

• reason

• rebuttal

• evidence

• claim

A(n) ____ is an attempt to persuade someone to think or act in a certain way.

• argument

• explanation

• claim

• evidence

The _____ explains how the evidence supports the reason in a way that makes sense.

• explanation

• reason

• statistics

• call to action

Facts that involve numerical information are called _____.

• evidence

• reasons

• call to action

• statistics

A(n) ____ is a statement that supports the claim. It tells why or how the claim is correct.

• expert

• evidence

• rebuttal

• reasons

When evidence is given by someone knowledgeable in the topic, it is called ___ evidence.

• Counterclaim

• Argument

• Call to action

• Expert