Rebuttals Vocab and Practice Study Guide

Claim

• A reason you give to agree or disagree with the topic

• Evidence

• Explanation of evidence (“This shows”)

• The claim’s effect on the world

Impact

• A reason you give to agree or disagree with the topic

• Evidence

• Explanation of evidence (“This shows”)

• The claim’s effect on the world

Warrant

• A reason you give to agree or disagree with the topic

• Evidence

• Explanation of evidence (“This shows”)

• The claim’s effect on the world

Analysis

• A reason you give to agree or disagree with the topic

• Evidence

• Explanation of evidence (“This shows”)

• The claim’s effect on the world

Scope

• How deeply people are impacted by the claim

• How many people are impacted by the claim

• To disagree with a topic

• To agree with a topic

Magnitude

• How deeply people are impacted by the claim

• How many people are impacted by the claim

• To disagree with a topic

• To agree with a topic

Debate

• A formal, structured argument about a topic

• To prove wrong using evidence

• To disagree with a topic

• To agree with a topic

Pro

• A formal, structured argument about a topic

• To prove wrong using evidence

• To disagree with a topic

• To agree with a topic

Con

• A formal, structured argument about a topic

• To prove wrong using evidence

• To disagree with a topic

• To agree with a topic

Deny

• A formal, structured argument about a topic

• To argue that a statement is false

• To argue that a statement has a small scope or magnitude, or that it isn't a big deal.

• To agree with a topic