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The purpose of argument writing is
To entertain an audience with a strong plot and character development.
To present a position and to have an audience adopt or at least seriously consider your argument.
To teach the audience to complete a task such as a recipe or a craft project.
To teach multistep equations.
What is a claim?
The opposite of the author's argument.
An attempt to disapprove an argument.
Thesis statement or main argument backed up with evidence.
Evidence for the argument.
The opposite of the author's claim or the opposing argument is called the ______.
credible source
Support evidence
claim
counterclaim
Evidence given for the argument is called _______.
support
claim
counterclaim
thesis
In argument writing, the author's purpose is to:
entertain
persuade
inform
direct
Which point of view uses the pronouns it, he, she, and they.
Third Person
Second Person
First Person
Fourth Person
Which of the following would be considered a credible source to quote as evidence in an article?
Your Best Friend
Aunt Midlred
Your neighbor
Former Education Secretary
After the writer gives the counterclaim, he/she can attempt to disprove it by using a _________.
rebuttal
purpose
central idea
point of View
What does the word interaction mean in the below excerpt?
"At school we have interaction with other real people."
to avoid people
To work with someone or something.
to fight
to ignore
To add notes to a text by highlighting and labeling is to ______ a text.
annotate
read
disprove
prove
What does the word rural mean in the below excerpt?
Kids in rural areas needed to be home in the summer and that afternoon to help out in the fields.
crowded
seaside
country
city
Which point of view uses the pronouns you and yours?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
To speak or write from another using credit acknowledgment and quotation marks is to give a _________.
rebuttal
paraphrase
summary
quote
To retell the events or details of a passage or text in a concise or brief form is a ________.
quote
Summary
Paraphrase
outline
A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
Paraphrase
Summary
Quote
rebuttal
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