Argumentative Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Making a claim and supporting it using logic
  2. 5. The position that you are trying to get your readers to accept
  3. 6. Who will be affected by the topic? Who will read the essay?
  4. 9. Facts that support your claim to include facts, expert opinion, data
  5. 10. Providing additional information on your topic and/claim to the reader
  6. 11. To read carefully or use data to fully understand something example
  7. 12. Provide supporting evidence or reasons to validate the claim
Down
  1. 1. paragraph where you restate the thesis
  2. 2. Challenging the argument by addressing the opposing position.
  3. 4. Something that is known or is proved to be true
  4. 5. to make simple to understand
  5. 7. Provided by the author to justify and support a claim
  6. 8. The first sentence or question in an essay to grab the reader's attention
  7. 9. To analyze something critically