Unit 3 Vocabulary

2. A statement that asserts something to be true.
4. To reach an agreement or settlement.
6. An opposing viewpoint of someone else's claim.
7. The drawing of inferences or conclusions through the use of reason.Investigate
12. Bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand.
15. Facts or sources that support your written argument.
17. The ability to be relied or depended on.
18. A method of reasoning that involves a series of statements.
19. A writer presents reasons/evidence that undermine an opposing argument.
20. Lack of favoritism toward one side or another.

1. To have a different opinion or belief.
3. A short overview of the main points of a text.
5. A person, place, or thing from which something comes from.
8. One that takes an opposite position.
9. A claim or thesis statement with evidence to back it up.
10. Writers present their ideas through reason and logic, in order to influence the audience.
11. To observe or study by close examination.
13. A statement made as part of an argument.
14. The quality of being trusted.
16. A faulty or false argument.