Argumentative Responding and Writing

Confidently states your viewpoint.

• Opposing Claim

• Claim

• Expert Opinion

• Examples

If your claim is, “Students should wear school uniforms,” your counterclaim would be ...

• Some students should wear school uniforms.

• I don’t like school uniforms because they are ugly.

• Students should not wear school uniforms.

• School uniforms would be a good idea.

Which sentence states the writer’s claim?

(1) The school tardiness policy needs to be revised. (2) Students should not be punished for circumstances that are out of their control. (3) For instance, the city buses tend to run late in the wintertime. (4) Students should not be forced to wake up an hour early just to be sure that they’re not five minutes late.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

A statement that supports your claim.

• Facts

• Sufficient Evidence

• Reason

• Commonly Accepted Beliefs

What is evidence?

• The opposing view

• Facts and statistics to support ideas

• The writer’s position that they are trying to prove

• Connects the evidence to the claim

What is information used to back up and support your answer?

• Hook

• Argument

• Claim

• Evidence

True or False

Examples are random information and it does not matter if it supports your claim.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

When making an argument, having a _____ for information, not just your opinion. is important.

• source

• book

• article

• person

What is another word for counterargument?

• Argument

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

What is your claim?

• Schools should require uniforms.

• Schools should not require uniforms.