Deconstructing an Argument

Your opinion or argument is called a(n) 

• claim 

• evidence 

• counterclaim 

• limitation 

Which of the following is not a form of evidence?

• quote from an expert 

• a statistic

• government definitions 

• a counterclaim 

Which of the following would not be a counterclaim to the following claim: All cars should be yellow.

• All cars should not be yellow. 

• All cars should be black. 

• Cars should be different colors. 

• Cars are great. 

the first sentence in a piece of writing used to grab the reader’s attention right away

• hook

• thesis

• claim

• evidence

a position statement that asserts an idea or makes an argument for a specific side

• concession

• claim/thesis

• refutation

• evidence

the argument against a claim (what the other side would say if they disagreed with a claim)

• counterclaim

• fallacy

• refutation

• argument

What should you do after presenting text evidence?

• Move on to another reason

• Transition to another paragraph

• Summarize that evidence

• Explain how that evidence proves your thesis statement

Which would be the most "credible" source for your evidence?

• An article from a news journal

• A quote from Wikipedia

• A quote from a popular blog with over a million followers

• A statement from a famous celebrity

How do you know evidence is taken from the text? 

• You capitalize it 

• It is in all CAPS 

• You use quotes 

• You simply state it is from the text, but do not use quotes 

This sentence tells what the topic is for the entire paragraph. 

• Evidence 

• Topic Sentence 

• Counterclaim 

• Claim