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| argument | a single claim or series of claims presented and defended by the writer |
| assertion | a declaration or statement. A fancy word for claim. |
| audience | who the argument is trying to persuade |
| bias | statements of feeling that show bias or favoritism towards a topic |
| claim | a statement or assertion that is open to debate and requires support |
| data | also called grounds or evidence. It supports your claim and comes from outside sources. |
| warrant | the explanation of how your data supports your claim (argument). It is how you back everything up on your side. |
| counter-argument | when you acknowledge the opposition to your argument |
| counterclaim | is a statement made by someone that goes against the original claim. |
| rebuttal | another word for counterargument. It is a strategy that is used to show that your argument is stronger than the opposing side. |
| thesis statement | a statement or sentence that discusses the purpose of a paper or essay. It is the focus of your writing. |
| topic sentence | a sentence intended to express the main idea in a paragraph or passage. |
| reasoning | how you make the evidence you chose support your ideas (claims). It is using data or evidence to support your claim and then explaining why it supports your claim. |
| logical fallacy | when there is an error in your reasoning for your argument. Those errors make your argument not valid (invalid) |
| bandwagon | is a type of logical fallacy where one person believes that if a lot of people believe something, then the idea must be true. |
| induction | when evidence is given that leads to a conclusion of some sort. |
| deductive reasoning | is another logical fallacy where arguments are based on situations that tend to be true. |
| hasty generalization | when an assumption about a whole group is based on the examples of a smaller group |
