Argumentative text

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What is the purpose of an argumentative essay?

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To persuade the reader

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What should a claim always have? Options: rebuttal, counterclaim, evidence and reasoning, vocabulary words

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evidence and reasoning

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Claim

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the writer's position on a problem or issue

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What are pieces of information that are true and can be proven? Options: Fact, Opinion

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Fact

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Video Games are dangerous. Options: Fact, Opinion

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Opinion

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What is the author's claim?

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schools should ban peanuts

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What evidence supports the claim: Students should read outside of school.

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Reading outside of school can improve reading comprehension.

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Supporting detail for: "There are many different colors in a crayon box"?

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The crayon box has 24 colors in it

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Where would you find a caption? Options: Close to a picture, At the top of a section, On the table of contents, In the glossary

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Close to a picture

Front

What graphic feature is shown in this example? Options: photograph, table, map, diagram

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diagram