What are brief stories that are used to prove a reason or claim in an argument called?

"Experts" are an authoritative source of information that can be used as what in an argument?

This tells more about the reasons that support a claim, especially why it matters.

To support a claim, you should have one or more of these, which tell why.

Every argument begins with one of these.

The point or perspective an argument communicates is called...

What point are your trying to prove?

When is evidence relevant?

Which of the following is the least valid type of evidence?

True or False:
A writer's opinions are considered strong evidence for supporting their claim.

True or False:
Statistics use numbers based on research to express an idea or fact.

True or False:
A relevant example can be used as reliable evidence.

Fact or Opinion:
Statistics are the most believable form of evidence.

Fact or Opinion:
Examples are often used as evidence for a claim.

_{Claim: Drake is a talented musician}
^{What type of evidence is...}
Drake's father, who is a professional musician, taught him to play the piano and guitar.

_{Claim: Drake is a talented musician}
^{What type of evidence is...}
Drake's single, "Know Yourself", had nearly two million page views on Genius in only three months.

_{Claim: Drake is a talented musician}
^{What type of evidence is...}
My friend once saw Drake playing the piano live in concert.

^{Is this relevant evidence for the claim,
Drake is a talented musician.}
Drake makes better music than his mentor, 'Lil Wayne.

A claim made to rebut or refute a previous claim.

Which of the following contains one of the rules for writing an Extended Response or Short Answer question?

A type of nonfiction text.  Nonfiction includes any text that is factual.

Reasons that are true,factual, and reasonable.

A genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.

Which of the following contains one of the rules for writing an Extended Response or Short Answer question?

What the passage or text is mainly about

Logical conclusion based on the reader's background knowledge and text clues

Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain, describe.

The way writing is organized, such as paragraphs, chapters, stanzas (Or organizational style such as cause-effect, chronological order, compare-contrast)

The moral or message readers should learn from the story  (Does the character learn something or change?  How is conflict resolved?)

What makes something happen

main character who carries the action forward; in almost every scene (hero)

How the text makes the reader feel (Ex. Peaceful, eerie, humorous, sad)

A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph

Words that may not literally mean what they say

story is told in time order (common in narrative stories or biographies)

People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

The voice that tells the story

Problem the character must resolve

Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story

personality or physical characteristics that define who the character is

series of events that increase tension and move the plot toward the climax

Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Comparison of unlike things that uses "like" "as" or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

The narrator of a poem

Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis

Word groups that do not literally mean what they say (Ex. Put a lid on it.)

If the mountain goat forgets to yodel and Starbucks is out of coffee and while your kilt is at the dry cleaners, what do you do?

character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)

turning point in the plot; the "OMG" moment when a decision, action, or event answers the reader's BIG question

What happens as a result of something else

the narrator or a character in the story tells us exactly what we need to know about a character

Uses "you" and reader is a character in the story

Events that occur after the climax and the loose ends are being tied up and before the end of the story

read and examine text in detail looking for important ideas

Time when the conflict is resolved at the end of the story

Author's attitude about their subject (Ex. Admiring, critical, nostalgic, sarcastic)

How two texts or things are different

Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

an object represents an idea (Ex. Rose represents beauty; Rain represents sadness)

Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end

Feelings and ideas associated with a word meaning. 

Comparison of unlike things that states or implies that one thing is the other (Ex. It is an oven in here.)

Narrator is not a character in the story and refers to all characters as "he" or "she"

What is propaganda?

What is the goal of propoganda?

What does it mean to show bias?

Facts, quotations, statistics, and case studies are all types of:

What does it mean to show bias?