Argumentative Writing Review

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion
• claim
• argument
• evidence

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

information used to back up and support your answer

• bridge
• persuasion
• argument
• evidence

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CCSS.L.3.1G

A claim is: 

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept
• the thesis statement
• found in the introduction
• all of the above

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

A counterargument challenges the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with you. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

What is a rebuttal?

• The opposing viewpoint
• Explains why your claim is stronger than your counterargument
• Facts and statistics to support ideas
• Connects evidence to the claim

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

You think that 6th graders should be able to play basketball for the school, but the intramural directors disagree. The directors believe that 6th graders are too young to deal with the stress of the game and keep up with their grades. What would be a good rebuttal for this scenario?

• Although 6th graders are younger than 7th or 8th graders, some of us are just as responsible as other kids.
• It is true that most 6th graders are less mature than 8th graders.

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CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Educate
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6