Evaluating and Argument

The point the writer is making/arguing

• claim
• An argument is unsound if
• relevant evidence
• refute

Why the speaker feels a certain way about a topic- used to support the claim in an argument

• Reasoning
• Counterargument
• claim
• opposing viewpoint

Proof used to support reasoning in an argument. What the author uses to develop their claims and reasons; it can include examples, research/survey results, statistics, case studies, expert opinions, and direct quotations

• evidence
• relevant evidence
• Counterargument
• Sufficient Evidence

rebuttal (response) to opposing arguments or main claim

• Counterargument
• relevant evidence
• claim
• An argument is sound if

arguments that go against an author's claim

• opposing viewpoint
• An argument is sound if
• claim
• Reasoning

it is valid and all its claims are true- in other words, if it makes sense

• Sound Reasoning
• Sufficient Evidence
• Evidence
• Relevant Evidence

there are no solid reasons or evidence that relate and or support the claim

• An argument is unsound if
• opposing viewpoint
• refute
• claim

Evidence that is directly related to the claim, there must be some logical connection between it and the fact it's offered to prove or disprove. In other words, it must RELATE to the claim

• relevant evidence
• evidence
• claim
• opposing viewpoint

when there's enough support to make the argument convincing; evidence is high in quantity and quality

• Sufficient Evidence
• Reasoning
• evidence
• claim

an unfair feeling that an author has for or against something

• bias
• argument
• paraphrase
• reasoning