1. 6th grade Unit Three vocabulary

2. argument
-facts or reasons offered to support a position as being true.

3. controversy
-a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

4. claim
-writer’s statement of a position or opinion about a topic.

5. -the points that explain why the author is making a certain claim.
reasons
-the points that explain why the author is making a certain claim.

6. evidence
-something which shows that something else exists or is true..
-a visible sign of something

7. research
-process of locating information from a variety of sources.

8. citation
-giving credit to the authors of source information

9. textual evidence
-quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

10. plagiarism
-taking and using as your own the words and ideas of another

11. credible
-to be trusted or believed

12. relevant -closely connected to the matter at hand
(for example, evidence supporting a claim) re

13. editorial
-an article in a newspaper or magazine expressing the opinion, or taking a stand on something by someone

14. sufficient
-adequate for the purpose of supporting a claim or reason

15. tone
-a writer's or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

16. format style
-style of writing or speaking that is appropriate for formal communication, such as in academics or business

17. Rhetorical appeals
-the use of emotional, ethical, and logical argumes to persuade in writing or speaking

18. logos
-a rhetorical appeal to reason or logic through statistics, facts, and reasonable examples

19. pathos
-a rhetorical appeal to the reader’s or listener’s senses or emotions through connotative language and imagery