Argument/Claim Unit Vocabulary - Unit 3 Springboard

Argument means ____________________

• facts or reasoning offered to support a position as being true

• lies or reasoning offered to support a position as being true

• facts or lies offered to support a position as being true

• untruths or reasoning offered to support a position as being true

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

citation means __________________

• giving credit to the authors of source information

• giving credit to the friends of source information

• giving credit to the readers of source information

• giving credit to the teachers of source information

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

controversy means ___________________

• a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

• a private debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

• a public debate or agreement concerning a matter of opinion

• a public agreement or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

credible means _______________________

• to be trusted or believed

• to be distrusted or believed

• to be trusted or disbelieved

• not be trusted or not believed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Evidence is information that supports or proves an idea or claim. Choose correct option.

• statistics

  expert opinion

  anecdotes

• expert opinion

  amatuer opinion

  statistics

• anecdotes

  fairy tales

  statistics

• anecdotes

  amatuer opinion

  mythology

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

plagiarism means __________________

• the taking and using as your own, the words and ideas of another person

• using your own words and ideas

• faking your own words and ideas

• re-writing a text in your own words

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

reasons mean ______________________

• points that explain why the author is making a certain claim

• points that exaggerate why the author is making a certain claim

• points that confuse why the author is making a certain claim

• points that hide why the author is making a certain claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

relevant means _________________

• irrelevant to any topic
• closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand
• only applicable in specific contexts
• not related to the subject matter

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

sufficient means ___________________

• insufficient or lacking
• excessive or too much
• irrelevant or unrelated
• adequate or enough

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

formal style means ____________________

• an informal way of speaking
• a casual and relaxed tone
• a serious and structured manner of communication
• a humorous approach to communication