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.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.

• Author's purpose
• Counterclaim
• Evidence
• Exigence

The reason an author writes is the ________________________.

• Warrant
• Author's purpose
• Claim
• Evidence

Refers to the listeners at a speech or reader of an article.

• Audience
• Claim
• Rhetoric
• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

True or False: An opinion is a strong piece of evidence to support a claim.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The art of effective speaking or persuasive writing is called _____________________.

• Rhetoric
• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D