Argumentative Vocabulary

makes comparisons in unexpected ways

• anecdote

• claim

• juxtaposition

• analogy

a short narrative or story

• anecdote

• claim

• dialogue

• bias

Develops and Defends!

(a position or debates a topic)

• circular reasoning

• bias

• claim

• argumentative text

the intended target group for a message

• bias

• audience

• key ideas

• juxtaposition

the writers distinctive way of speaking based on word CHOICE and sentence structure

• bias

• editing

• author's craft or style

• rhetorical device

the reason an author writes

• author's craft or style

• circular reasoning

• author's purpose

• tone

"everyone is doing it" mentality

• bias

• bandwagon

• logical fallacy

• author's purpose

inclination, feeling, or OPINION

about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned

• circular reasoning

• bias

• synthesize

• summarize

a logical fallacy

an argument that includes the

very point that one is trying to prove

**often repeats the point**

• circular reasoning

• claim

• evidence

• logical fallacy

an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue

• claim

• counterclaim

• bias

• bandwagon