Argumentative Academic Vocabulary

the process of locating information from a variety of sources

• argument

• research

• credible

• reasons

the points that help explain why the author is making a certain claim

• relevant

• reasons

• argument

• research

the information that supports or helps prove a claim such as facts, statistics, expert opinion, etc.

• credible

• research

• evidence

• argument

quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

• reasons

• evidence

• textual evidence

• relevant

adequate for supporting a claim or reason

• controversy

• sufficient

• credible

• argument

a writer's statement of a position or opinion about a topic

• reasons

• citation

• credible

• claim

facts for reasoning offered to support a position as being true

• citation

• argument

• research

• credible

a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

• citation

• credible

• controversy

• research

closely connected to the matter at hand (for example, evidence supporting a claim)

• relevant

• reasons

• research

• argument

giving credit to authors of source information; citing evidence

• citation

• argument

• reasons

• credible