Figurative and Argumentative Vocabulary Quiz

He was walking on egg shells as he walked to the principals office for a meeting

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

CNN.com is an example of a credible

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Maggie made marvelous muffins on Monday

What is this an example of?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The information, facts, expert opinions, quotes, statistics, and definitions that support a writer's claims

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Reason

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An argument made to oppose another claim.

• Counterclaim

• Thesis

• Argument

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The classroom was a zoo.

What is this an example of?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of personification?

• The flowers danced in the breeze

• His heart was stone

• It's raining cats and dogs

• Her hair is fire engine red

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A response to a counterclaim that aims to disprove or counteract it.

• Reason

• counterargument

• Rebuttal

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Details that support the author's point or claims in a text

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Reasons

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Evidence-based statement that declare something is true

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

• Reason

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D