Argumentative Strategies

information used to back up and support your claim and reasons

• bridge

• persuasion

• argument

• evidence

Challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with the argument

• turnback/rebuttal
• warrant
• counterargument
• argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1C

A claim is:

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept

• the thesis statement in argument writing

• found in the introduction

• all of the above

True or False:
Evidence is facts that support your claim. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.K.1D

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

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1C

A claim is ______________________________.

• a kind of shellfish often used in chowder. 
• a fact.
• a statement or conclusion that answers the original question or problem
  
• a bad thing to make about something.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

Reasoning is __________________.

• A statement of conclusion that answers the original question/problem
• Scientific data that supports the claim
• A justification that connects the evidence to the claim
• Empirical Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1B

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.2B

Facts, quotations, examples, anecdotes, and statistics can all be used as _______________.

• evidence

• claims

• arguments

• counterclaims

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2B

What is logos?

• Emotions

• Morals; belief in what is right and wrong.

• Logic