Argumentative Text Unit Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. speaker persuades by comparing ideas or situations
  2. 4. in a text, an author’s claim
  3. 6. making an unfair, too-broad statement about a person or a group of people
  4. 7. overstating something- or, “stretching the truth.”
  5. 11. what a writer believes/thinks; his or her personal view.
  6. 13. statements that appeal to logic
  7. 14. statements about all the members of a group or all of a certain type of thing
  8. 16. text that presents an opinion about a topic and evidence to support it
  9. 18. type of speech that tries to convince audience members to think or act a certain way.
Down
  1. 2. an attack used in an argument that focuses on the opponent’s personality, character, or other qualities instead of on the opponent’s supporting evidence
  2. 3. claim about the world, or a simple statement
  3. 4. using one’s own authority or the authority of others to support an argument
  4. 5. supporting an argument by presenting a similar situation
  5. 7. provides proof of your reasoning
  6. 8. statements that appeal to authority
  7. 9. an invalid, or not logical, argument that often includes errors in reasoning
  8. 10. logical thinking
  9. 12. a statement that can be proven with supporting information.
  10. 15. statements that appeal to emotion
  11. 17. using facts and studies to support an argument