Analyzing Argumentative Texts

A text in which the author presents a claim, or an opinion about an issue is...

• Expository Texts

• Narrative Texts

• Argumentative Texts

• Cause and Effect Structures

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A art of speaking or writing effectively is called

• evidence

• argument

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

information used to back up and support your answer

• bridge
• persuasion
• argument
• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with the argument

• turnback/rebuttal
• warrant
• counterargument
• argument

The people or group of listeners that will be affected by hearing or reading a persuasive text

• evidence and support

• your reading teacher

• intended audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

A reason that uses logic and persuasion to support a position or point of view

• loaded language

• speech

• an argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is a Logical Fallacy?

• argument

• a method used to entertain

• an error in logic

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

A statement that many people assume to be true, but which is not actually so.

• commonplace assertion

• argument

• claim

• evidence

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

A claim is:

• The position you are trying to get your readers to accept

• the thesis statement

• an arguable statement

• all of the above

True or False:
Evidence is facts that support your claim. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1