Claim and Thesis
The main point of your argument.
What is a claim?
Information used to support your claim.
What is evidence?
Explains how the evidence supports the claim.
What is Reasoning?
The viewpoint of the opposing side.
What is a counterclaim?
The paragraph that opens the argument.
What is the introduction?
Sentence at the end of introduction
Where is the thesis?
Evidence from experts.
What is Expert evidence?
Reasoning that shows why one thing causes another.
What is cause-and-effect reasoning?
Counterarguments make you seem this.
What is credible?
The paragraph that wraps everything up.
What is the conclusion?
The sentence that states your argument.
What is Thesis?
Evidence from a personal story.
What is anecdotal evidence?
Reasoning answers this question that every reader wonders: “______?”
What is “So what?”
Showing why the other side is weaker.
What is a rebuttal?
These paragraphs each focus on one main point.
What are body paragraphs?
A claim must be clear and ______.
What is debatable?
Evidence taken from a text.
What is Textual evidence?
Shows cause and effect.
What is causal reasoning?
A counterargument shows you understand this.
What is the other side?
States your argument in one clear sentence.
What is a thesis statement?
A claim should not be this too vague to understand.
What is unclear?
Evidence must always support this.
What is your claim?
Leaving out reasoning makes your argument feel like this.
What is incomplete/confusing?
Often begins with “Some people say…”
What is introducing a counterargument?
A strong paragraph follows this order: claim → evidence → reasoning → ___.
What is a closing sentence?
A claim about what is good or bad.
What is a value claim?
Good evidence must always be this real and trustworthy.
What is reliable?
This type of reasoning shows a pattern or trend.
What is logical reasoning?
Including a counterargument makes your writing seem more this.
What is fair/open-minded?
This sentence connects paragraphs together.
What is a transition?