Reading Argumentative Texts

This category of informational text provides evidence with the intent of influencing the reader:

• Literary nonfiction

• Expository texts

• Argumentative texts

• Instructional

Loaded language consists of words with strongly _______________ or _______________ connotations.

• positive; negative

• true; false

• right; wrong

• broad; specific

Authors of argumentative texts write for _____________________________.

• entertainment.

• impressing the readers.

• specific purposes and for intended audiences or readers.

• the purpose of informing others

claim is a speaker’s ______________________ on a problem or ___________.

• position, opinion

• opinion, issue

• expertise, issue

• position, issue

What is the author's claim?

• Kids need a snack in the morning.

• Not all students have time to eat in the mornings.

• Sometimes families run late to school.

• It is difficult to pay attention in class.

Evidence is facts that support your claim. 

• true

• false

In an argument, a speaker states a ______________ and supports it with ______________ and _____________.

• claim, reasons, evidence

• reason, claims, evidence

• claim, facts, opinions

If I claim that cell phones should not be allowed in classrooms, a counterargument would be:

• potatoes are overrated

• cell phones should be allowed in classrooms

• cell phones are important for daily life

• cell phone ring tones are annoying

What is an OPINION?

• what someone thinks, feels, or believes about something

• a true statement about something that can be proven with evidence.

• a short story about an interesting or funny event authors use to persuade

What is the primary purpose of reading argumentative texts?

• To entertain the reader

• To inform the reader

• To persuade the reader

• To describe a process