Grade 12 Arguments

a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view

• claim

• reasoning

• evidence

• argument

the writer’s or speaker’s position on a debatable issue or problem

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

• debatable

statements, questions, and appeals that explain why a reader should consider the evidence that is presented and accept the claim

• delineate

• debatable

• claim

• reasoning

facts, statistics, numerical data, quotations, specific examples, and expert opinions that support a claim

• claim

• argument

• evidence

• debatable

to describe precisely

• claim

• delineate

• debatable

• argument

open for discussion or argument

• evidence

• delineate

• claim

• debatable

claim

• A point of view supported by claims

• Logical explanations that prove your claim

• Concrete facts to support a claim

• The main idea of the argument

evidence

• A point of view supported by claims

• Logical explanations that prove your claim

• Concrete facts to support a claim

• The main idea of the argument

reasoning

• A point of view supported by claims

• Logical explanations that prove your claim

• Concrete facts to support a claim

• The main idea of the argument

argument

• A point of view supported by claims

• Logical explanations that prove your claim

• Concrete facts to support a claim

• The main idea of the argument