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Rockdale HS STAAR Argumentation
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STAAR Argumentation Terms for EOC
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What are examples of evidence in an argumentative essay?
The debate team
Key ideas and reasoning
The counterargument
Quotes, a research study, data, or statistics
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What is the call to action in an argumentative text?
The hook at the beginning to begin reading
When the writer gives incorrect evidence
An invitation to McDonald's for a happy meal
What the writer wants the reader to do
3
What are TWO important personal qualities needed for success on the STAAR EOC test?
books and paper
laughing and crying
pencil and paper
stamina and strategies
4
Who is the figure from mythology that we connect to Valentine's Day?
Apollo
Cupid
Cyclops
Zeus
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When you reduce the important sections of a text to only the main ideas
creating subheadings
simplifying
paraphrasing
summarizing
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In argumentation, to prove wrong by argument or evidence
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show to be false.
refute
claim
opinion
fact
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What is the term for the author's intended readers of a text?
Author
Playwright
Audience
Writer
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To cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
Effect
Trigger
Illustrate
Convey
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A rhetorical appeal that uses reason, logic, or facts
ethos
logos
geometry
pathos
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What are the reasons or key ideas in an argument?
The plot of the story
The counterarguments to the claim
The support for the claim
The statistics from a study
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What is a counterargument?
A quote from an expert
Conflicting data
A debate opponent
The opposite claim to an argument
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A rhetorical appeal that uses emotional reasoning and language
logos
pathos
loaded words
ethos
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The preferred strategy for planning an essay
Copy your friend's outline
Just make it up as you go along - "wing it"!
Write about any topic that comes to mind
Prepare a graphic organizer with ACE paragraphs
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What is the purpose of the claim in the argumentative essay?
To show the main proof for the argument
To refute the opposite position
To give statistics as evidence
To provide the main position for the argument
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What type of personality is better - extroverts or introverts?
Introverts because they listen to others.
Ambiverts because they have both blend both types of personalities.
Neither is better because both have positive traits.
Extroverts because they are "loud and proud."
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An error in reasoning in an argumentative text is called...
irony
incorrect statistics
a logical fallacy
foreshadowing
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Refers to faulty reasoning or a breakdown in the logic of an argument.
Refute
Counterargument
Logical Fallacy
Claim
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Which one is NOT a type of organizational pattern for an article or essay?
beginning/end
problem/solution
chronological order
compare/contrast
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What is an argumentative text?
Writing that presents a claim and supports that claim with evidence
An analysis of poetry with quotes from a poem
Essay about a short story and the plot elements
A drama with characters and dialogue
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The credibility of the author
famous person
pathos
ethos
logos
