Argumentative Quiz

1. attempts to persuade the reader to agree with the writer's claim or position on an issue, using evidence and reasoning to support its ideas.

• Argument

• Bias

• Claim

• Logical Fallacy

a persuasive technique used in media messages that appeals to the “everyone is doing it” mentality

• Counterargument

• Rhetorical Device

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Position

1. When you respond directly to your opponent's argument/point to explain/show how/why they are wrong.

• Reasoning

• Rebuttal

• Claim

• Bandwagon Appeal

1.  an explanation you provide to the readers that convinces them that your ideas make sense.

• Reasoning

• Rhetorical Device

• Reliable Source

• Evidence

1. describe something positively because they like it, or negatively because they dislike it, instead of describing it fairly and letting the readers decide.

• Counterargument

• Logical Fallacy

• Bias

• Claim

1. position or statement on a topic, an opinion with which others might disagree.

• Claim

• Bias

• Evidence

• Position

1.  your view or opinion on it, or the side with which you agree.

• Rebuttal

• Argument

• Counterargument

• Position

1. a technique that an author or speaker uses to influence or persuade an audience. Example: Logos (logic), Pathos (emotion), Ethos (status=trustworthiness)

• Claim

• Rhetorical Device

• Position

• Reliable Source

credible or believable source

• Claim

• Reliable Source

• Argument

• Bias

1. the opposing side to an argument or position on an issue.

• Counterargument

• Evidence

• Argument

• Reliable Source