Argumentative Text

• a short narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to make or support a larger point

• Argument

• Anecdote

• Counter-Claim

• Audience

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

• argument

• Rhetorical Device

• Evidence

• Credibility

• a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

• Opinion essay

• Anecdote

• Argumentative text

• Correspondence

the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• Audience

• Claim

• Rhetorical Question

• Credibility

•  an assertion or position on a topic or issue

• evidence

• correspondence

• audience

• claim

•  Correspondence is any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

• True

• False

What is credibility?

• •  specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• •  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

• •  a short narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to make or support a larger point

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

specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

What is an opinion essay?

• •  an essay that describes a position on a particular topic or issue and develops the argument with supporting evidence

• • the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• •  any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

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

• claim

• argument

• opinion essay

• rhetorical device