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ARGUMENT:In writing - opinions that can be backed up with evidence.
PERSUASION:To move another person or group to agree with a belief or position through argument, appeal, or course of action.
FACT:Information that is certain and can be proven.
DEBATABLECLAIM:An opinion that is a matter of personal experience and values that must be backed up with evidence. Others can disagree with this claim.
EVIDENCE:Details,facts,and reasons that support a debatable claim.
ANECDOTALEVIDENCE:Evidence based on personal observation and experience, often in the form of a brief story. Can come from the writer, friends, family, and acquaintances.
FACTUALEVIDENCE:Data, confirmed facts, and research performed by experts. Found by the writer performing research.
COMMENTARY:Sentences in an argument paragraph that explain what is important about the evidence and tell the reader how it proves and supports the claim.
TRANSITIONS:Words and phrases that show the reader the relationships between sentences and parts of sentences, including evidence and commentary, by creating idea bridges.
TOPICSENTENCE:The first sentence of a paragraph that provides a promise to the reader about what is to come. In an argument paragraph, the topic sentence must contain a debatable claim and should provide a sense of the evidence that is to come.
SUBORDINATIONCONJUNCTIONS:Words and phrases such as because, even though, since, if, when, and while are helpful in crafting commentary and topic sentences because they point to the relationship between the claim and the evidence.
PARAGRAPHSTRUCTURE:The way the writer chooses to organize the sentences in a paragraph to best present the argument.
BLOCKORGANIZATION:Provides all the evidence then follows with the commentary.
ALTERNATINGORGANIZATION:Moves back and forth between evidence and commentary.
Across:1. | Words and phrases such as because, even though, since, if, when, and while are helpful in crafting commentary and topic sentences because they point to the relationship between the claim and the evidence. | 6. | To move another person or group to agree with a belief or position through argument, appeal, or course of action. | 9. | Details,facts,and reasons that support a debatable claim. | 11. | In writing - opinions that can be backed up with evidence. | 12. | Words and phrases that show the reader the relationships between sentences and parts of sentences, including evidence and commentary, by creating idea bridges. |
| | Down:2. | Moves back and forth between evidence and commentary. | 3. | Sentences in an argument paragraph that explain what is important about the evidence and tell the reader how it proves and supports the claim. | 4. | The first sentence of a paragraph that provides a promise to the reader about what is to come. In an argument paragraph, the topic sentence must contain a debatable claim and should provide a sense of the evidence that is to come. | 5. | Evidence based on personal observation and experience, often in the form of a brief story. Can come from the writer, friends, family, and acquaintances. | 7. | Data, confirmed facts, and research performed by experts. Found by the writer performing research. | 8. | Information that is certain and can be proven. | 10. | An opinion that is a matter of personal experience and values that must be backed up with evidence. Others can disagree with this claim. |
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Across:1. | Words and phrases such as because, even though, since, if, when, and while are helpful in crafting commentary and topic sentences because they point to the relationship between the claim and the evidence. | 6. | To move another person or group to agree with a belief or position through argument, appeal, or course of action. | 9. | Details,facts,and reasons that support a debatable claim. | 11. | In writing - opinions that can be backed up with evidence. | 12. | Words and phrases that show the reader the relationships between sentences and parts of sentences, including evidence and commentary, by creating idea bridges. |
| | Down:2. | Moves back and forth between evidence and commentary. | 3. | Sentences in an argument paragraph that explain what is important about the evidence and tell the reader how it proves and supports the claim. | 4. | The first sentence of a paragraph that provides a promise to the reader about what is to come. In an argument paragraph, the topic sentence must contain a debatable claim and should provide a sense of the evidence that is to come. | 5. | Evidence based on personal observation and experience, often in the form of a brief story. Can come from the writer, friends, family, and acquaintances. | 7. | Data, confirmed facts, and research performed by experts. Found by the writer performing research. | 8. | Information that is certain and can be proven. | 10. | An opinion that is a matter of personal experience and values that must be backed up with evidence. Others can disagree with this claim. |
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