Unit 3 Terms

This is a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

• argument

• controversy

• debate

• conversation

Facts or reasoning offered to support a position as being true

• argument

• support

• convert

• information

A writer's statement of a position or opinion about a topic

• purpose

• thesis

• story

• claim

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

• key

• reasons

• clues

• truths

The information that supports or proves an idea or claim

• clues

• claim

• answer

• evidence

To locate information from a variety of sources

• research

• look

• find

• seek

Giving credit to the authors of the source of information

• honor

• citation

• site

• define

Taking and using as your own, the words and ideas of another person

• plagiarism

• rewrite

• answer

• copy

To be trusted or believed

• safe

• loyal

• credible

• honest

Closely connected to the matter at hand

• related

• relevant

• attached

• same