Blattel's Argumentative Writing Jeopardy

Writing Process

100

This is the finished product

What is the Final Draft?

200

This is the first attempt of writing that needs multiple corrections

What is the Rough Draft?

300

This is where an author is generating ideas, preparing to write, determining your audience and purpose.

What is Pre-writing?

400

This is where suggestions are made by others for the author's draft

What is Revising?

500

This is where the author makes corrections before finishing their Final Draft

What is Editing?

Terms to Know

100

Individuals reading the essay

What is audience?

200

These help the flow of a paper by connecting ideas/paragraphs.

What are Transitions?

300

This explains a paragraph’s topics

What is a Topic Sentence?

400

This is outlining ideas, clustering, making a web of ideas

What is Brainstorming?

500

This is the goal you hope to achieve through writing.

What is Purpose?

Terms to Know # 2

100

This is the part of the paper that has the development of the main idea

What is the Body?

200

This is making a claim and supporting it using logic.

What is an Argument?

300

A statement that explains your paper’s subject.

What is a Thesis Statement?

400

These are statements that can be proven.

What are Facts?

500

A statement that explains how the evidence connects to the claim.

What is a Bridge/Warrant?

Terms to Know #3

100

This is the final idea of a paper; a wrap-up.

What is a Conclusion?

200

This is making a claim and supporting it using feelings and emotions.

What is Persuasion?

300

This is the information that needs a citation and provides support for claims.

What are Sources?

400

This is challenging the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with the argument.

What is a Counterclaim/Counterargument?

500

This is demonstrating why the counterargument is incorrect.

What is a Turn-back/Refutation?

Different Writing

100

This a belief that cannot be proven

What is an Opinion?

200

This is continuous writing for a short time.

What is Free-Writing?

300

These are features of an item or experience that appeals to the senses.

What are Sensory Details?

400

State the difference between the three: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

What is:

Ethos - personal experience

Pathos - emotions

Logos - logic/reason

500

State the differences between the three writing styles:

Argumentative, Informational, and Narrative writing.

What is:

Argumentative - requires the author to defend a position on a given topic 

Informational - to inform or give more information about a given topic using multiple text structures

Narrative - a piece of writing that tells a story from a particular point of view