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Argumentative Terms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A reason the author gives in order to persuade others that an action or idea is right or wrong.

a)

Author's Argument

b)

Fact

c)

Evidence

d)

Description

2.

A statement that supports the author's argument

a)

Author's Argument

b)

Claim

c)

Fact

d)

Opinion

3.

Facts that prove the claim

a)

Evidence

b)

Opinion

c)

Commonplace Assertion

d)

Factual Claim

4.

A true statement based on proof

a)

Factual Claim

b)

Opinion

c)

Persuade

d)

Author's Argument

5.

A person's judgment or belief

a)

Fact

b)

Persuade

c)

Evidence

d)

Opinion

6.

A statement that is commonly believed to be true amongst a large group of people, but it is actually an opinion

a)

Evidence

b)

Fact

c)

Commonplace Assertion

d)

Opinion

7.

To convince someone of something

a)

Evidence

b)

Opinion

c)

Fact

d)

Persuade

8.

Methods writers use to make an audience think a certain way

a)

Refute

b)

Loaded Terms

c)

Persuasive Techniques

d)

Logical Fallacies

9.

Words with strong emotions

a)

Persuasive Techniques

b)

Logical Fallacies

c)

Loaded Terms

d)

Refute

10.

To prove something to be wrong or false; to prove somebody to be in error

a)

Refute

b)

Evaluate

c)

Author's Position

d)

Claim

11.

To consider or judge something for a purpose

a)

Author's Position

b)

Evaluate

c)

Refute

d)

Loaded Terms

12.

reveals the way an author thinks about a subject

a)

Author's Position

b)

Refute

c)

Loaded Terms

d)

Evaluate

13.

Errors in argument (They do not support the argument well)

a)

Loaded Terms

b)

Refute

c)

Persuasive Techniques

d)

Logical Fallacies

14.

An opposing argument to the one another writer is putting forward

a)

Counterargument

b)

Logical Fallacies

c)

Fact

d)

Opinion

15.

A true statement that can be proved

a)

Counterargument

b)

Fact

c)

Opinion

d)

Persuade