Argumentative Writing

What is the purpose of argument writing?

• To explain/inform
• To entertain
• To depress
• To convince/persuade

What type of language should you establish and maintain in your argumentative writing?

• Casual
• Scientific
• Formal
• Important

Which word below is a literary technique used in the opening of an essay or story that gets the reader's attention, so that he or she will keep on reading?

• essay

• explanation

• hook

• clincher

Background information is important, because...

• explains the author's perspective

• provides evidence that will support the claim.

• provides context the reader may not know.

• it gives the author some time to gather their thoughts.

The writer's position on a problem or issue is called the

• evidence

• claim

• argument

• support

Facts, quotations, examples, anecdotes, and statistics can all be used as _______________.

• evidence

• claims

• arguments

• counterclaims

How do you know evidence is taken from the text? 

• You capitalize it 
• It is in all CAPS 
• You use quotes 
• You simply state it is from the text, but do not use quotes 

Which is an appropriate "Lead in" when you are citing evidence?

• Because of this...

• In conclusion...

• The author states,

• I think...

What should you do after presenting text evidence?

• Move on to another reason

• Transition to another paragraph

• Summarize that evidence

• Explain how that evidence proves your point.

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
• School uniforms can be ordered online .