Persuasive Texts

What is an Argument?

• A carefully stated claim supported by reasons and evidence
• Facts supported by reasons and evidence
• A claim made by the author
• Someone's opinion about a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

The Claim is

• an idea
• the writer's position on a problem or issue
• something that can be proved to be true
• something that is not true

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

Billy E. Dade Middle School is the best school in Dallas is an example of

• A Claim
• A Fact
• An Opinion
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

Something that someone thinks but cannot be proved is a

• Claim
• Argument
• Fact
• Opinion

This image is an example of

• Bandwagon Appeal
• Appeal to Fear
• Appeal to Pity
• Appeal to Ethics

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

This picture represents a(n) 

• Ethical Appeal
• Loaded Terms
• Appeal to Pity
• Appeal to Fear

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.SL.6.2

Faulty reasoning is

• A claim based on what a person feels.
• A claim based on incorrect information.
• A claim based on correct information.
• A claim based on what a person thinks.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

The two reasons to Persuade are:

• To make someone do something and to make them think something.
• To make someone feel something and to make someone cry.
• To make someone think something and to make someone feel something.
• There are more than two reasons for persuasion.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

Appeal to Vanity is

• making someone believe it will help them look or be a better person
• Make someone believe they are really good looking
• Make someone believe they are a gift to the universe
• Makes someone think about how they look or act.

When words have a positive or negative connotation, they are called

• Counterarguments
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Load terms
• Ethical appeals

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4