Argument and Claims Terms

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• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Evidence

• Claim

an attack on a person rather than their argument

• ad hominem

• tracing an argument

• emotional appeal

• argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

a statement that supports a position

• claim

• refute

• fallacy

• evidence

facts, statistics, and examples that show why a claim should be believed

• evidence

• rebuttal

• counterclaim

• fallacy

a false or mistaken belief or claim, usually based on poor reasoning

• fallacy

• position

• emotional appeal

• opposing viewpoint

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

the central idea the author supports in their argument; thesis

• position

• fallacy

• rebuttal

• counterclaim

an acknowledgment of a concern or disagreement from those with opposing viewpoints

• counterclaim

• evidence

• opposing viewpoint

• rebuttal

an argument against an opposing viewpoint or claim (the "comeback" to a counterclaim) viewpoint or claim (the “comeback” to a counterclaim)

• rebuttal

• emotional appeal

• position

• refute

to prove a statement, position, or claim is wrong or false

• refute

• counterclaim

• rebuttal

• relevant

having to do with the matter being considered; important and connected.

• relevant

• claim

• refute

• ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1