WorksheetsWriting Trivia
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
A claim can be which of the following?
An opinion
The point a person is trying to make
Something you can prove true or false
A fact
A general statement
A counter claim is:
A rebuttal
A refutation
The other side of an argument
A thesis statement
A thesis statement for an argumentative essay NEEDS
a claim
your side of the argument
what the topic is
evidence
Evidence should directly support your:
Thesis
Claim
Counter claim
Refutation
For each claim, how many pieces of evidence are sufficient?
1
2
3
4
Why do we refute?
To debunk the counterclaim
To debunk the claim
To provide evidence
To make a rebuttal
A strong argumentative essay has:
two strong claims, one strong counter claim
one strong claim, one strong counter claim
one strong claim, evidence
multiple claims
An informative essay is different from an argumentative in that:
Informative is trying to convince you, argumentative is trying to argue
Informative has no counterclaim
Informative has no thesis statement, argumentative does
Informative isn't tested on FSA, argumentative is
Elaboration is used for
Explaining why the thesis statement is there
Explaining that you provided evidence
Explaining where the evidence came from
Explaining why the evidence is relevant
When you deconstruct a prompt (skills | knowledge), you are
Providing elaboration for your evidence
Identifying where the counterclaim is
Figuring out what the prompt is asking you specifically to do
Using the prompt to provide background knowledge
An informative prompt may ask you to:
Inform
Explain
Describe
Argue
Persuade
An argumentative prompt may ask you to:
Inform
Explain
Evaluate
Persuade
Argue
