NRI Argumentative Terms

Grabs the reader's attention in the introduction

• thesis

• topic sentence

• bridge

• hook

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The ______ summarizes your thesis and topic sentences.

• topic sentence

• evidence

• so what? statement

• plagiarism

fact, statistic, or quote from a credible source that supports your thesis

• thesis statement

• cite

• evidence

• rebuttal

your defense as to why your thesis is the BEST way of thinking

• rebuttal

• plagiarism

• hook

• thesis

a claim that supports your thesis statement in intro

• evidence

• bridge

• thesis

• topic sentence

connects the hook to the thesis statement

• hook

• bridge

• thesis

• introduction

your opinion statement you want to prove (this is the last sentence in your introduction)

• thesis

• hook

• bridge

• topic sentence

draws a conclusion from your evidence and explains how that conclusion supports your claim

• introduction

• evidence

• reasoning

• rebuttal

THIS addresses opposing views and addresses what the other side has to say about the subject

• hook

• evidence

• rebuttal

• counterargument

to give the source information to avoid plagiarism

• cite

• reasoning

• hook

• thesis