Argumentative text and writing

What is a claim?

• The point the author is supporting

• Something that may be incorrect

• what the reader believes

• the theme of the argumentative text

Evidence to support your claim may include:

• Data

• Statistics

• opinions

• Testimony

The conclusion​ ​ (a)   .

• restates the claim
• states a new claim
• includes the rebuttal
• states the author's feelings

Match the following:

• The opposing stance

• Bias

• Not giving both sides a fair chance

• Counterclaim

• How you address the opposing argument

• Rebuttal

• trustworthy

• Credible

What should you avoid when writing an argumentative claim?

• Personal pronouns (I, me, my)

• Impersonal pronouns (he or she)

• reliable resources

• being unbiased

A strong claim is

• like a thesis statement

• clearly stated

• evidence based

• well researched

Match the following:

• trustworthy and dependable

• Cited Sources

• focused on facts instead of opinions

• Unbiased

• Recent and professional

• Credible

• credits their sources

• Reliable

Going out in the burning sun without sensible protection is extremely dangerous. The first reason is that you can get extremely sunburnt. The second reason is that you can get horrible skin cancers because of damaging light rays. Another reason is that too much time out in bright sunlight can damage your eyesight. Remember to wear a hat, put on a shirt, use sunscreen and wear sunglasses.

Which of the following is the best evidence to support the author's claim?

• "you can get horrible skin cancers because of damaging light rays"

• "Remember to wear a hat, put on a shirt, and wear sunglasses."

• "Going out in the burning sun without sensible protection is extremely dangerous."

• "extremely sunburnt"

Going out in the burning sun without sensible protection is extremely dangerous. The first reason is that you can get extremely sunburnt. The second reason is that you can get horrible skin cancers because of damaging light rays. Another reason is that too much time out in bright sunlight can damage your eyesight. Remember to wear a hat, put on a shirt, use sunscreen and wear sunglasses.

What is the author's claim?

• It is important to always wear sunscreen and sunglasses when you're outside.

• Being out in the sun can be dangerous, so it is important to protect yourself.

• Too much time in the sun can cause cancer and many other health problems.

• Being sunburnt can be extremely painful, so you should always wear sunscreen.

4. The evidence below best matches which claim?

-Teachers often stay late at work, plan and grade student work at home and spend many hours on weekends planning lessons for the week.-

• Teachers respect students.

• Teachers work very hard.

• Teachers are very knowledgeable.

• Teachers are very important.