Argumentative Writing
The main point the writer is trying to prove in an argumentative essay.
What is claim?
The purpose of expository writing.
What is 'to explain or inform'?
The author explains how volcanoes form and provides scientific facts.
What is expository?
The first sentence of any body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
This word means: To foretell from signs or symptoms.
What is prognosticate?
Writers use this to support their claim in argumentative writing.
What is evidence?
Type of writing gives facts and information about a topic.
What is Expository Writing?
The writer argues that school uniforms should be required and gives reasons.
What is argumentative?
Name the parts of an any essay.
What are introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion?
Baseball player Ty Cobb was known by the __________ “The Georgia Peach.”
What is sobriquet?
Part of argumentative writing that expresses the opposing side.
What is counterclaim?
True or False: Expository writing usually includes opinions.
False
A story about a student who gets lost on a field trip and finds their way back.
What is narrative?
Use these to move from one idea to another.
What are transitional words?
These two words are opposite in meaning and different in part of speech.
What are logorrhea and succinct?
The purpose of argumentative writing.
What is to persuade or convince the reader?
An expository paragraph includes this in the introduction.
What is a thesis statement?
An article explaining the history of the Olympic Games.
What is expository?
These first person______ and second person______should not be used in academic writing.
What are pronouns?
Shakespeare often used this word to describe someone's strength.
What is mettle?
This is a good example of a _______________:"While opponents may believe brick and mortar schools are superior to homeschooling, studies in retention of learning have shown otherwise."
What is Counterclaim?
Writers include these three things to explain their topic clearly.
What are facts, examples, or details?
An essay arguing that students should have longer recess.
What is argumentative?
Two main components of an introduction in an essay.
What are hook and claim/thesis?
These three adjectives are synonyms.
What are irascible, onerous, and instransigent?