to support your opinion or claim with believable evidence.

Which sentence is written correctly?

Scientists recommend kids get eight hours of sleep per day.

to change something to another form or state.

A direct quote requires

quotation marks and a citation.

What are three key parts of an Introduction

- hook, background context, thesis

words or phrases that introduce, change and connect ideas when writing.

starts with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark

Choose the best example of a complete opinion.

Schools should start later because students need more sleep.

to rewrite something in my own words.

to give credit to an author or source when writing.

is a synonym of the words claim and thesis.

The middle of a Venn diagram is used to

examine the similarities between two or more topics.

to examine the similarities between two or more topics.

What a person believes and is trying to prove about a topic.

make something easy to understand and less confusing.

to examine the differences between two or more topics.

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Argumentative Writing

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Justify means
to state your opinion clearly.
to support your opinion or claim with believable evidence.
to disagree with someone else's claim.
to bring someone to justice.
2
Which sentence is written correctly?
Scientists recommend kids get eight hours of sleep per day.
Evidence suggests students should wear uniforms to school
the researchers investigated why the titanic sank
The passage explain the importance of drought in California.
3
Precise
- clearly said or communicated
-the purpose of an argument
-a word that shares the same meaning as another word
- make sense of; assign meaning to
4
Convert
clearly said or communicated.
to change something to another form or state.
modeled or designed after.
the basic way something works.
5
A direct quote requires
evidence.
quotation marks and a citation.
an opinion.
a justification.
6
What are three key parts of an Introduction
-restate of thesis and call to action
- hook, background context, thesis
- claims, evidence, and call to action
-claim, evidence, explanation
7
Transitions are
statements that you prove using evidence.
words or phrases that introduce, change and connect ideas when writing.
a type of evidence to support your opinion.
unrelated to argumentative writing.
8
A perfect sentence
starts with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark
be a complex sentence
must be a compound sentence
doesn't need to follow any grammar rules
9
Choose the best example of a complete opinion.
The earth is made up of 70% water.
Video games are harmful to teens.
I disagree with the author.
Schools should start later because students need more sleep.
10
Which of the following is NOT a way to state a thesis statement:
I maintain
In addition
I agree
I believe
11
Paraphrasing means
to state my opinion.
to directly quote an author or text.
to justify an argument.
to rewrite something in my own words.
12
Cite means
a place where something happened.
to highlight evidence within a text.
a place on the internet.
to give credit to an author or source when writing.
13
An opinion
is a synonym of the words claim and thesis.
can be proven as fact if you use the right evidence.
isn't important to argumentative writing.
is true for me and everyone else.
14
The middle of a Venn diagram is used to
examine the differences between two or more topics.
help write my claim.
examine the similarities between two or more topics.
justify my opinion about a certain topic.
15
When writing an essay, where should I initially state my thesis?
In the conclusion paragraph.
In the body paragraph.
In the first sentence of the essay.
In the introduction paragraph.
16
Compare means
to disagree with an author's opinion.
to examine the differences between two or more topics.
to examine the similarities between two or more topics.
to state your opinion about a topic.
17
What is the definition of Theory?
to become something different
ideas about how things work
- to give something out to a number of people
- meaningful, or having an important effect
18
What is a claim?
Where a writer tears down someone else's argument.
How a person shows how smart they are.
What a person believes and is trying to prove about a topic.
A person's opposing view about a topic.
19
In order for my argument to be well supported, how many pieces of evidence should I provide?
At least 1.
None.
Two or more.
Three exactly.
20
To clarify means to
to express your opinion.
to paraphrase the text in your own words.
to disagree with an argument.
make something easy to understand and less confusing.
21
A good tool to use to compare and contrast something is
a pie chart
a word webb
a Venn diagram
a bar graph
22
Which is NOT an example of a transition?
Likewise.
Ultimately.
In addition
I maintain.
23
Contrast means
to disagree with someone else's opinion.
to examine the similarities between two or more topics.
to support an argument with believable evidence.
to examine the differences between two or more topics.
24
When annotating a text what color highlighter do I use to identify the main idea?
Pink
Orange
Green
Yellow

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