Argument & Debate Academic Vocabulary

Fact or Opinion: Protective dogs like golden retrievers and German shepherds bark too loudly to be good house pets.

• Fact

• Opinion

• Neither

• Both

emotion

imagination

sympathy

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• sentiment

emotional

loud

opinion based

unstructured

• Argue

• Discuss

• Debate

• Negotiate

States the claim and the main arguments...

• Thesis

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Premise

An arguable statement that shows the author's position/opinion

• assertion

• claim

• fact

• hypothesis

the comeback to the counterclaim that shows why their counterargument is wrong

• refutation

• rebuttal

• rejoinder

• rebuttal of evidence

Fact or Opinion: The art form of batik involves applying wax to fabric and then dying it to create patterns.

• Fact

• Opinion

• Myth

• Theory

No emotions

conversation

fact based

structured

• debate

• discussion

• argument

• negotiation

Fact or Opinion: During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass spoke to President Abraham Lincoln about the treatment of African American soldiers.

• Fact

• Opinion

• Speculation

• Assumption

A statement that can be proven true or false...

• Fact

• Opinion

• Hypothesis

• Theory