Expository or Argumentative

What is the author's purpose of an ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER?

• To inform the reader about a topic

• Entertain the reader with a story

• Argue for/against a topic

• Describe using the five senses

What is a writer's position on an issue or topic?

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Claim

• Logic

If your claim is, “Students should wear school uniforms,” your counterclaim would be ...

• Some students should wear school uniforms.

• I don’t like school uniforms because they are ugly.

• Students should not wear school uniforms.

• School uniforms would be a good idea.

What is an argument?

• A discussion that involves opposing views on an issue; a fact or statement offered as proof or evidence

• A general statement that offers support for a claim

• Facts, statistics and other information used to support reasons

• A statement of position on an issue.

rebuttal

• when an author re-states their supports at the beginning of each paragraph for the audience to be reminded of.

• when the author agrees with a counterargument and explains why it is right.

• when the author responds to a counterargument with reasons why the counterargument is wrong.

• when an author re-states their thesis statement for the audience.

What is the definition of rebuttal?

• Something that has been proven true.

• A personal view, belief, or judgement

• A process of feelings towards a certain topic

• Reasons why the counterclaim is as valid as the claim

The points that explain why an author is making a certain claim.

• evidence

• claim

• reasons

• opinion

The people you are trying to convince are known as your _____?

• Pro

• Argument

• Con

• Audience

A statement that states the purpose and main point in an essay is know as the ___.

• Central Idea

• Thesis

• Theme

• Support

What is a sentence intended to express the main idea in a paragraph or passage?

• Topic sentence

• Central idea

• Thesis statement

• Claim