Support Claims

A writer's position on a problem or issue is their ___.

• purpose

• claim

• audience

• appeal

The reasons and evidence that are used to prove the claim are called ___.

• purpose

• claim

• appeal

• support

The writer's position on a problem or issue is called the

• evidence

• claim

• argument

• support

Your evidence must appeal to ___, ___, and ___.

• reasons

• purpose

• emotions

• logic

presenting logical reasons and evidence to support a claim

• argument

• cite

• explain

• coherent

facts or information from the text that support a reason

• evidence

• elaborate

• logical

• claim

statement that supports the truth of a claim

• reason

• rebuttal

• counterargument

• summarize

quote or paraphrase of a specific idea from the text

• counterargument

• cite

• rebuttal

• coherent

writer's opinion on an issue or problem

• claim

• counterargument

• evidence

• summarize

convincing someone that a claim is correct

• persuasive

• restate

• summarize

• opinion