Argumentative Text Vocabulary

position a writer takes on an issue

• claim

• evidence

• repetition

• audience

main points that justify a writer's claim

• graphic features

• direct address

• anecdote

• reasons

facts, anecdotes, statistics, expert opinions, and testimonials all support a claim

• claim

• evidence

• counter argument

• repetition

the people that the author of a text is writing to

• counter argument

• allusion

• audience

• graphic features

a staement that can be PROVED using reliable sources

• Opinion

• Fact

• repetition

• audience

a statement made by an expert that confirms an author's claim

• testimonial

• direct address

• allusion

• simile

a brief story that illustrates a point made by the author

• claim

• counter argument

• anecdote

• fact

common opposing opinions presented by the author to help strengthen their argument, showing that both sides have been carefully examined

• claim

• counter argument

• anecdote

• evidence

diagrams, charts, or bar graphs used to present information

• graphic features

• audience

• anecdote

• rhetorical question

What is a claim? 

• A false statement 
• A true statement 
• A reasonable statement 
• An arguable statement 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8