Argumentative Text Terms

What genre are we learning this week?

• fiction

• non-fiction

• argumentative

• poetry

An ______ expresses a positon on an issue or problem and supports is with reasons and evidence.

• argument

• answer

• option

• agenda

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is a logical fallacy?

• any kind of reasoning

• any kind of error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid

• an argument

• a rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An example of a logical fallacy is "straw man" -- What does this mean?

• ad hominem

• attacking the person rather than the argument

• assuming one action will lead to another

• misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack

"Bandwagon" means...

• claiming something is true because many people believe it

• an opinion

• relying on someone's position of power

• an argument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a rhetorical fallacy?

• a distortion of characteristics

• an argument that is not sound but may still be convincing

• flawed ideas

• a faulty idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Evidence is...

• the writer's position on the issue or problem

• a preposition that support a claim

• any material that serves to prove a claim

• consists of specific references, quotations, facts, examples and opinions that support a claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the writer's position on an issue or problem?

• claim

• support

• evidence

• counterargument

Declarations made to justify an action, decision, or belief is called

• counterargument

• evidence

• reasons

• support

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

An argument made to oppose another argument is called

• counterargument

• claim

• preposition

• support