Exploring Argument Tenses: Past, Present, and Future

What are the three time frames in which you can make arguments?

• Past, Present, Future

• Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

• Morning, Afternoon, Evening

• Past, Present, Past Perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is forensic argumentation concerned with?

• Defining terms

• Predicting future events

• Discussing current truths

• Analyzing past events

Which type of claim exists in the present?

• Claims of policy

• Claims of effect

• Claims of truth value or definition

• Claims of causes

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is an example of a claim of cause?

• The cookie jar is empty

• Stealing cookies is wrong

• Dane stole the cookies because he was hungry

• Everyone was sad because of the theft

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

Which of the following is a claim of truth value?

• Dane stole the cookies

• Everyone was sad

• Stealing is taking things without permission

• Dane should go to jail

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What type of evidence exists in the past?

• Provisional facts

• Hypothetical scenarios

• Anecdotes and narratives

• Future predictions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What are provisional facts?

• Facts that are always true

• Facts that exist in the past

• Predictions about the future

• Facts that exist in the present

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Why can't facts exist in the future?

• Because facts are only about the present

• Because the future is unpredictable

• Because the future is already determined

• Because facts are only about the past

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which type of argumentation is most commonly used in social science?

• Forensic argumentation

• Present argumentation

• Provisional argumentation

• Future argumentation

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

In which subjects do we spend most of our time arguing about the present and future?

• Social science

• Language arts and AP

• History

• Mathematics

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D