Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

A person prefers an idea and does not give equal chance to a different idea.

• Bias

• Persuasive

• Evidence

• Audience

To get the reader to acknowledge that your side is valid and deserves consideration as another point of view. Uses facts and evidence.

• Claim

• Persuasive

• Argumentative

• Audience

To get readers to agree with you/your point of view on a particular topic. Mixes facts with emotion.

• Evidence

• Persuasive

• Argumentative

• Counter Argument

Proofs or facts that support your claim or argument.

• Thesis Statement

• Appeal

• Works Cited

• Evidence

A statement of opinion. This is the topic of your argument.

• Claim

• Counter Argument

• Audience

• Bias

A response—its point is to refute (prove wrong) the original argument.

• Works Cited

• Claim

• Counter Argument

• Argumentative

A collection of people watching or observing something.

• Audience

• Appeal

• Thesis Statement

• Argumentative

To make it likable or relatable.

• Bias

• Claim

• Thesis Statement

• Appeal

One sentence that expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay.

• Evidence

• Thesis Statement

• Argumentative

• Audience

A formatted list of all sources you cited within your paper.

• Thesis Statement

• Works Cited

• Counter Argument

• Evidence