ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

~DIRECTIONS~

***These are vocabulary terms to place in your Academic Vocabulary Notebook**Write the following words in your Notebook, leaving about 4 lines of space between each word. * There will be further instructions on the last page of this Slide show.

1. CLAIM

Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii on

the Island of Oahu is one of the best places on

earth to go on vacation.

2. TESTIMONIAL

• The New York Times raves: “It’s the best movie of 2013”

• “Once you read it, you can never ‘un-read’ it…it stays with you for the rest of your life, coming back at times like a beautiful sunset.” ~ K. Salsbury

• “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also Dream…not only plan, but also believe. This book shoves the reader into action from the opening pages and never let’s up.” ~ Anonymous

• All evidence must be documented and supported

• Use M.L.A. Citation rules

3. EVIDENCE

• “When I was young, my father used to tell me this story about a fly who was buzzing in the corner of the window. Try as he might, he could not get out and continued to buzz. I walked by that window the next day, and there was the fly on the window sill dead. What can we learn from this fly? Trying harder always works? Work smarter, not harder?.......”

4. ANECDOTE

5. Statistics 6. Facts

8. MISREPRESENTATION

9. EXPERTS

10. CONSEQUENCES

11. ANALYZE

Write this and answer these questions:“What does this word

truly mean?How will you apply it

to ArgumentativeWriting?”

• All Argumentative Essays include Counterarguments. First define it -- What is a Counter Argument (Counterclaim);

• Next, why do you need to include it; and

• Finally, why is it an effective method of making your case?

12. COUNTERARGUMENT

NOW IT IS YOUR TURN…

1. Pair up with a partner and look up each of these words.

2. You will provide the definition of each word along with 2 synonyms

3. You must then demonstrate your understanding of each of these words by using them in a sentence. Word usage must be correct and accurate

4. Write cleanly and legibly in each your composition notebook (under Academic Vocabulary).

RESOURCES”American Cancer Society Logo" Southwest Regional Medical Center. Southwest Regional Medical Center, n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013. “Leading Causes of Cancer Deaths” The New

York Times Company. July 29, 2007. DCSIMG. 03 Mar. 2013.

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