Argument Writing

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

• government definitions 

• a counterclaim 

Once you state your piece of evidence, you have to further explain it to your reader or audience. This explanation is called your 

• Claim 

• Reasoning 

• Explanation 

• Concluding Statement 

A genre of writing where the author states their claim and backs it with evidence

• Argument

• Persuasive

• Fiction

A genre of writing where the author states their claim and backs it with evidence

• Argument

• Persuasive

• Fiction

What is Argumentative Writing?

• the writer chooses a side of an argument and uses facts and reasons to back it up

• Tells information about a person, place or thing

• tells a story with characters

Which is not a counterclaim?

• Your initial argument 

• A rebuttal 

• Someone else's opinion 

• The other side to your argument 

Concluding statements do all of the following except

• End the essay. 

• Restate the claim. 

• Make a new claim. 

• Summarize the main points. 

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

• concession

• claim/thesis

• refutation

• evidence