Argumentative Text Vocabulary

a short story that relates an interesting or funny incident, usually to make or support a larger point

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

• Stereotype

• Central Idea

a position on a topic or issue developed through logic, evidence, and appeals

• Argument

• Credibility

• Evidence

• Plagiarize

a assertion or position on a topic or issue

• Claim

• Rhetorical Device

• Bias

• Anecdote

the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up to date information

• Credibility

• Argument

• Stereotyping

• Claim

specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• Evidence

• Plagiarize

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

an intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect (this book weighs a ton)

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

• Stereotyping

• Plagiarize

to present the ideas or word of another as one’s own without crediting the source

• Plagiarize

• Rhetorical Device

• Bias

• Argument

a technique that an author or speaker uses to influence or persuade an audience

• Rhetorical Device

• Bias

• Anecdote

• Claim

a rhetorical fallacy in which one classifies a person or group according to a common aspect that is oversimplified, rigidly applied, and often uncomplimentary (example: Boys are better at sports than girls.)

• Stereotyping

• Evidence

• Hyperbole

• Argument

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Bias

• Plagiarize

• Evidence

• Claim