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WorksheetsArgumentative Text pt 1
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 36mins
“Before I argue for later start times, you should know I’ve taught high school for 17 years and reviewed our attendance and grade data for the last three semesters.”
Pathos
Ethos
Logos
Bandwagon
“If we keep school starting at 7:15, more students will fall asleep in class, which lowers engagement and increases failures—so moving start time improves learning outcomes.”
Red Herring
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
“Imagine trying to learn algebra while your eyes burn from exhaustion—our students deserve better than that.”
Logos
False Cause
Ethos
Pathos
“According to our campus tutoring logs, students who attended twice a week raised their quiz averages by 12%.”
Appeal to Unqualified Authority
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
“As a nurse who works night shifts, I see the effects of sleep deprivation daily. Teens are not built for early mornings.”
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
Equivocation
“We should approve the tutoring program because every school in our district is doing it.”
Logos
Bandwagon
Ethos
Pathos
“If you don’t support this fundraiser, you clearly don’t care about children. That’s all anyone needs to know.”
Pathos (Valid emotional appeal)
Appeal to emotion (replacing reason)
Logos
Ethos
“A famous rapper said this energy drink improves focus, so it must be true.”
Logos
Ethos
Appeal to Authority (Unqualified/Irrelevant)
Red Herring
‘Community Service Hours: Requirement or Choice?’
Requiring community service hours for graduation seems like a good idea, but mandatory service can turn generosity into a checklist. When students serve only to earn a signature, the focus shifts from people to points. Service should be meaningful, and meaning can’t be forced. Instead of a requirement, schools should build service into learning. For example, English classes can partner with local shelters to collect stories, science classes can test water quality, and business classes can design fundraising plans. Students would still serve, but they would connect service to skills. Critics argue that without a requirement, students won’t participate. But participation increases when students have choice and see the purpose. If we want a community-minded generation, we should teach service as identity, not obligation.
What is the author’s main claim?
Schools should eliminate graduation requirements.
Community service should be optional, not mandatory, and built into learning.
Students only serve to get points and signatures.
Service hours should be increased for graduation.
Who is the most likely target audience?
Elementary students deciding on after-school clubs
School decision-makers (administrators/school board) and the school community
Local shelter employees
Professional scientists testing water quality
The author’s purpose is to—
entertain with a personal story
persuade schools to redesign how service is handled
inform readers about shelters and water quality
criticize students for being selfish
Which context best explains why this text matters “right now”?
Students are choosing prom themes.
Schools are debating whether to require service hours for graduation.
The city is building a new shelter.
Teachers are selecting new textbooks.
Which sentence best shows the author using examples as support?
“Service should be meaningful, and meaning can’t be forced.”
“Instead of a requirement, schools should build service into learning.”
“For example, English classes can partner with local shelters…science classes can test water quality…”
“If we want a community-minded generation, we should teach service as identity…”
Fill in the best appeal:
“‘When students serve only to earn a signature, the focus shifts from people to points.’ is mainly an appeal to (a) because it explains a cause/effect idea.”
Which line most strongly appeals to values/emotions without relying on fear/guilt as the only proof?
“Service should be meaningful, and meaning can’t be forced.”
“Critics argue that without a requirement, students won’t participate.”
“Science classes can test water quality…”
“Business classes can design fundraising plans.”
Which sentence presents the counterclaim?
“Requiring community service hours for graduation seems like a good idea…”
“Critics argue that without a requirement, students won’t participate.”
“But participation increases when students have choice and see the purpose.”
“Students would still serve, but they would connect service to skills.”
Fill in the concession word used in the text:
“Requiring community service hours for graduation seems like a good idea, (a) mandatory service can turn generosity into a checklist.”
Which effect statement best matches the author’s moves (contrast + examples + counterclaim/rebuttal)?
The moves confuse the reader by adding too many topics.
The moves make the argument feel practical and balanced, increasing trust in the solution.
The moves attack opponents to make the author seem stronger.
The moves rely only on pity to force agreement.
Which effect statement best matches the author’s moves (contrast + examples + counterclaim/rebuttal)?
The moves confuse the reader by adding too many topics.
The moves make the argument feel practical and balanced, increasing trust in the solution.
The moves attack opponents to make the author seem stronger.
The moves rely only on pity to force agreement.
“You say we should reduce homework, so you basically want students to do nothing and learn nothing.”
Straw Man
Red Herring
Circular Reasoning
Slippery Slope
“Don’t listen to her argument about grading policies—she’s just lazy and doesn’t want to work.”
Ad Hominem
False Cause
Bandwagon
Logos
“Either you support uniforms, or you support chaos in the hallways.”
Slippery slope
False dilemma
Hasty generalization
Equivocation
“I saw two students cheat on a test, so this generation has no integrity.”
Hasty generalization
Red herring
Circular reasoning
Straw man
“If we allow retakes, next students will demand unlimited chances, then grades will be meaningless, and learning will collapse.”
False cause
Slippery slope
Bandwagon
Equivocation
“We’re talking about improving reading scores, but the real issue is that the cafeteria food is terrible.”
Red herring
False dilemma
Appeal to authority
Circular reasoning
“We should ban phones at school because phones should not be allowed at school.”
Straw man
Circular reasoning
False cause
Ad hominem
“We can’t trust that proposal because the person who suggested it failed math last year.”
Straw man
Ad hominem
False cause
Bandwagon
“Ever since we switched to digital textbooks, grades dropped—so digital textbooks caused the drop.”
False Cause
Stereotype
Logos
Equivocation
“Everyone in my grade vapes, so it can’t be that harmful.”
Bandwagon
Ethos
False Dilemma
Red Herring
When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable
Generalization
Ad Hominem
False Dilemma
Rebuttal
A clear, concise, one-sentence summary of your main point and claim is a
conclusion
controlling idea
topic sentence
thesis statement
Which of the following are ways to back up your claims in the body parapraphs?
examples
research
statistics
studies
text citations
What is an argumentative essay?
a piece of writing that promotes fighting
an argument about essays
a piece of writing that takes a stance on an issue
an argument between students
This ad is using _________ to get you to donate to their cause.
Pathos
Logos
Appeal to Emotions
Ethos
When creating an advertisement, speech or essay, you can use any combination of facts, feelings and trust in order to persuade the audience.
True
False
True or False? You should address opposing points of view and disprove them or explain why you disagree with them.
True
False
Which is a strong thesis statement for the prompt?
Prompt: When people ask for advice, they sometimes talk to more than one person. Explain why seeking multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice. Use specific details and examples in your response.
Sometimes I ask my dad for advice.
When I am uncertain as to what to do, I often consult with several people who help me make a better choice.
There once was a time that I did not know which choice to make.
