Unit 3-Springboard

a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

• Argument

• Claim

• Controversy

• Evidence

facts or reasoning offered to support a position as being true

• Controversy

• Claim

• Argument

• Evidence

a writer’s statements or a position or opinion about a topic

• Claim

• Controversy

• Argument

• Evidence

the points that explain why the author is making a certain claim

• Evidence

• Claim

• Research

• Reasons

the information that supports or proves an idea or claim

• Evidence

• Reasons

• Research

• Citation

the process of locating information from a variety of sources

• Evidence

• Reasons

• Research

• Claim

giving credit to the authors of source information

• Citation

• Research

• Plagiarism

• Credible

taking and using as your own the words and ideas of another

• Citation

• Plagiarism

• Credible

• Evidence

to be trusted or believed

• Plagiarism

• Evidence

• Citation

• Credible

 closely connected to the matter at hand (for examples, evidence supporting a claim)

• Research

• Relevant

• Reasons

• Evidence