Persuasive/claim vocab

Fact

• a view about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing

• state or assert that something is the case

Stats

• the specific group of people the author is speaking to.

  
  

• state or assert that something is the case

  
  

• the argument against the claim

• statistics

  
  

bias

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing

• reasons why the counterclaim is wrong

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

  
  

• the specific group of people the author is speaking to.

  
  

extreme and absolute language

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

  
  

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing

  
  

• makes an exaggerated, overblown, and probably untrue claim

  
  

• a view about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

  
  

claim

• state or say that something is the case

  
  

• The power of attracting or to stir up interest. 

  
  

• a view about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

  
  

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing

counterclaim

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

  
  

• state or say that something is the case

• the specific group of people the author is speaking to.

  
  

• the argument against the claim

  
  

rebuttal

• reasons why the counterclaim is wrong

  
  

• makes an exaggerated, overblown, and probably untrue claim

  Counter claim- the argument against the claim

  
  

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing

  
  

• The power of attracting or to stir up interest. 

  
  

audience

• state or say that something is the case

• a view about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

  
  

• the specific group of people the author is speaking to.

• the argument against the claim

  
  

appeal

•  a thing that is known or proved to be true

• state or say that something is the case

  
  

•  statistics

  
  

• The power of attracting or to stir up interest.

opinion

• a view about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

  
  

• reasons why the counterclaim is wrong

  
  

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

  
  

• the specific group of people the author is speaking to.