RI8.6 Key Terms and Concepts

The author's position or opinion about the subject of a text

• point of view

• argument

• analysis

• alliteration

An attempt to persuade others with reasons to think or act in a certain way

• point of view

• bias

• argument

• evidence

The reason the author writes a text

• rebuttal

• opinion

• claim

• purpose

Different or contradictory

• purpose

• evidence

• conflicting

• argument

Details that support or prove the author's point of view

• argument

• evidence

• claim

• rebuttal

Prejudice or slant towards a certain perspective

• claim

• pupose

• bias

• point of view

A perspective or belief about something that is not necessarily based on objective evidence

• purpose

• opinion

• claim

• argument

As assertion given in opposition to a different claim

• opinion

• fact

• counterclaim

• evidence

A person who takes an opposing viewpoint for the sake of argument

• Protagonist

• Devil's advocate

• Main character

• Author

To prove a statement to be wrong

• argue

• persuade

• inform

• refute