Argumentative Text Vocab Review Quiz

What is the type of genre in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion?

• Expository

• Descriptive

• Narrative

• Argumentative

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

What is an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue called?

• Evidence

• Conclusion

• Counterclaim

• Claim

What type of claim is not stated directly?

• Logical

• Rhetorical

• Implicitly

• Explicitly

What are specific details or facts that support the claim called?

• Stereotypes

• Evidence

• Empirical

• Fallacies

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is evidence based on scientific research or statistics?

• Logical

• Empirical

• Rhetorical

• Anecodotal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What are flawed or false arguments that can be proven wrong called?

• Stereotypes

• Bandwagon

• Biased

• Fallacies

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a technique used by the author or speaker to influence or persuade an audience called?

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Rhetorical

• Implicitly

What is the viewpoint that opposes the author's claim called?

• Rebuttal

• Claim

• Evidence

• Counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D