Rebuttal

What is it called when you explain why the counterclaim is wrong or doesn't matter?

• Reclaim

• Rebuttal

• Countercounterclaim

• Conclusion

Find a rebuttal to the counterclaim "Some teachers say students would forget less if school continued through the summer."

• I don't care about that, though.

• And I kind of agree with them.

• However, summer gives students a chance to learn from other experiences.

• Elephants never forget, and they don't have school at all.

What is a rebuttal?

• A response to the counterclaim that weakens the opposing view

• Support for the counterclaim

• Words used to make paragraphs flow smoothly

• Evidence

Identify the rebuttal to the previous counterclaim that food causes distractions

• Students get Hot Cheeto fingers on the Chromebooks

• The real distraction is hungry students who can't focus

• It's impossible to open a bag of chips quietly

• Students leave crumbs everywhere, which attracts bugs

What is a rebuttal (turnback)?

• When the writer concludes the essay with a paragraph.

• When the writer states the counterargument is wrong and then states why the claim is right with evidence.

• When the writer explains why their claim is right using evidence.

• When the writer introduces the essay with a hook.

a response to a counterclaim explaining why it’s wrong or not convincing

• Fact

• Counterclaim

• Claim

• Rebuttal

Answer explanation

A written or verbal response to a counterclaim.

• Rebuttal

• Position

• Evidence

• Title

A comeback to the counterclaim to weaken the opposing claims

• argument

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

a written or verbal response to a counterclaim that takes into account the ideas presented in the counterclaim (the opposing side’s best argument)  and explains why they aren’t persuasive enough, valid enough, or important enough to outweigh your own claim.

• logic

• evidence

• rebuttal

• qualify

demonstrating why the counter-argument is wrong

• evidence

• research

• reasons

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1