Finding Parts of an Argument

What type of language should you establish and maintain in your argumentative writing?

• Casual
• Scientific
• Formal
• Important

Your opinion or argument is called a(n) 

• claim 
• evidence 
• counterclaim 
• limitation 

Which of the following is not a form of evidence?

• quote from an expert 
• a statistic
• definitions 
• a counterclaim 

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CCSS.RI.7.8

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Once you state your piece your claim, you have to add information so that the reader understands why are making your claim.  This information is called your _______,

• Claim 
• Reasoning
• Explanation 
• Concluding Statement 

Concluding statements do all of the following except

• End the essay. 
• Restate the claim. 
• Make a new claim. 
• Summarize the main points. 

True or False this is a claim?- “Bugs are highly nutritious and eating them can fix the problem of hunger and malnutrition in the United States.”

• False
• True

How many reasons should you talk about in one of your paragraphs?

• focus on four
• focus on two
• focus on one
• focus on three

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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a position statement that asserts an idea or makes an argument for a specific side

• concession
• claim/thesis
• refutation
• evidence

the argument against a claim (what the other side would say if they disagreed with a claim)

• counterclaim
• fallacy
• refutation
• argument

What should you do after presenting text evidence?

• Move on to another reason
• Transition to another paragraph
• Summarize that evidence
• Explain how that evidence proves your thesis statement

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1