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