Argumentative Essay - Key Terms

contains a hook, a detail, and the claim; a paragraph that introduces the topic

• Introduction

• Hook

• Claim

• Conclusion

support the claim; why an author makes a claim

• Evidence

• Reasons

• Counterclaim

• Refute the Counterclaim

information from the text that supports each reason

• Claim

• Introduction

• Evidence

• Reasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

to prove the counterclaim wrong with evidence and reasons

• Claim

• Conclusion

• Refute the Counterclaim

• Counterclaim

a sentence that grabs the reader’s attention

• Hook

• Claim

• Introduction

• Reasons

a paragraph that restates the claim and summarizes the essay

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Claim

• Evidence

the argument that the author is making; to choose a side

• Counterclaim

• Reasons

• Evidence

• Claim

the opposing argument of the claim

• Evidence

• Refute the Counterclaim

• Counterclaim

• Claim

How confident are you with understanding these key terms?

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Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10