Argument Vocabulary

• A statement opposing the original claim, presented in an argument to acknowledge and address opposing viewpoints.

• Counterclaim

• Reasoning

• Summarize

• Tone

•  A statement or assertion that can be supported with evidence.

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Grounds

• Logic

Facts, details, or information that support or prove a claim

• Claim

• Summarize

• Paraphrase

• Evidence

The process of thinking and making logical connections between evidence and a claim to support an argument

• Counterclaim

• Data

• Reasoning

• Grounds

The foundation or basis of an argument; the specific data or reasoning that supports a claim

• Paraphrase

• Grounds

• Reasoning

• Logic

Sound reasoning and the use of valid arguments to reach a conclusion in an argumentative piece

• Logic

• Grounds

• Summarize

• Counterclaim

Facts, statistics, and information used to support a claim or argument

• Grounds

• Data

• Logic

• Claim

Specific details, facts, or quotations from a text that are used to support or illustrate a point in an argument

• Textual Evidence

• Source

• Data

• Central Idea

A claim supported by reasons and evidence

• joke

• conversation

• statement

• argument

A strong opinion based on facts and research

• statement

• claim

• thought

• view