WRITING COMPONENTS
What is a sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph?
Topic Sentences
Who lived in North America long before European explorers arrived?
Native Americans
The British and their allies versus the French and their Native American allies.
French Indian War
What is a statement that you are trying to prove or support?
Claim
How many citizens died during the Boston massacre?
Five
What is the main point or message of a text?
Central Idea
Who sent Christopher Columbus?
Spanish Monarch (King and Queen)
What city in Virginia did slaves first get shipped to?
Jamestown
What should you use to prove that your claim is supported?
Evidence
What was done as a funny prank during the night of the Boston Tea Party but also was a form of protest?
Dumping of Tea
What is information from a text that supports a claim or idea?
Evidence
What actually started the violence of the French Indian War between the French and the British?
Adolf Hitler
Who was the British sailor whose ear became famous after an encounter with Spanish forces?
What connects your evidence to your claim?
Reasoning
Who reached the Caribbean in 1492 while searching for a western route to Asia?
Christopher Columbus
What explains how evidence supports your claim or argument?
Reasoning
What year is commonly associated with the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving celebration?
1621
War of Jenkins ear
What is an argument that disagrees with your claim?
Counterclaim
What conflict helped increase tensions between Britain and its American colonies because of the costs of the war?
French and Indian War
A counterclaim is an opposing argument; a rebuttal explains why that opposing argument is weaker or incorrect. What are they used for?
To make your writing stronger
What American holiday is traditionally associated with the Pilgrims and their 1621 harvest celebration?
Thanksgiving
Which two European powers were primarily involved in the conflict over a man's ear?
Spanish and British
What part of an argument responds to and challenges a counterclaim?
Rebuttal
If your claim is “School uniforms should be required,” what would a counterclaim be? Give a rebuttal to that counterclaim.
Counterclaim and Rebuttal