Language Arts
A kind of writing in which the author tries to convince the reader to agree with him/ her or them on a topic.
What is persuasive writing?
A body of water above North Africa and below Italy, Greece, and Turkey.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Proof or support for a statement asserting something to be true
What is evidence?
The name of the northernmost borough in NYC.
What is the Bronx?
A statement asserting something to be true or a certain way. Example: cats are smarter than dogs
What is a claim?
The trains that stop at the Court Square station.
What are the G, E, 7, and M trains?
When someone makes an assertion about something and gives explanations, statistics, or examples to show that what they say is in fact true.
What is an argument?
The direction that Long Island is in relation to Queens
Another word for "fake" that is not "false."
What is "fraudulent"?
The capital of New York State.
What is Albany?