Argument Writing Lesson

When gathering evidence, use credible ___ and take notes.

• sources

• purposes

• language

• appeals

Make sure to test your ___ and ___ so that it is arguable from both sides.

• claim

• purpose

• thesis

• argument

Always make sure to disprove the ___ argument

• audience

• evidence

• appeals

• opposing

Your evidence must appeal to ___, ___, and ___.

• reasons

• purpose

• emotions

• logic

The people you are communicating with are called your ___.

• purpose

• evidence

• audience

• appeal

A writer's position on a problem or issue is their ___.

• purpose

• claim

• audience

• appeal

The reasons and evidence that are used to prove the claim are called ___.

• purpose

• claim

• appeal

• support

A statement that can't be proven because it expresses a person's beliefs, feelings or thoughts is called ___.

• opinion

• claim

• fact

• support

The purpose of argument writing is

• To entertain an audience with a strong plot and character development.

• To present a position and to have an audience adopt or at least seriously consider your argument.

• To teach the audience to complete a task such as a recipe or a craft project.

• To teach multistep equations.

In argument writing, the author's purpose is to:

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• direct