FSA Argumentative Essay

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• claim

• evidence

• argument

• explanation

Information used to backup and support your answer is...

• evidence

• hook

• elaboration/reasoning

• topic sentence

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

• rebuttal

• claim

• argument

• counterargument

When writing an argumentative essay, who do you have to convince?

• audience/reader

• your teacher

• your parents

• friends

A well written introduction paragraph should include...

• Hook, Evidence, Reasoning

• Claim, Topic Sentence, Evidence

• Background Information

• Background Information and Thesis/Claim

What do you use to support your claim.

• Counterclaim

• Thesis Statement

• Elaboration/Reasoning

• Evidence

TRUE or FALSE

A counterargument challenges the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with you.

• True

• False

If you were to explain the differences between a novel and a movie what type of essay would you be writing.

• Argumentative

• Explanatory

What type of essay would you writing using this writing prompt:

Many people believe that television violence has a negative effect on society because it promotes violence. Do you agree or disagree?

• Argumentative

• Explanatory

What type of essay would you writing using this writing prompt:

Choose something you know about (a place you visited, something you saw while traveling, something you have studied in school, a hobby you wish to share). Write a letter to your pen pal in another country telling about your topic.

• Argumentative

• Explanatory