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6th grade English
Academic Vocab Standard 8
Term | Definition |
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argument | Taking a position on a subject with the goal to persuade others |
claim | A specific statement that authors want audiences to accept as true and act on |
determine | When you understand what the text really says or what the author really means |
distinguish | Identify qualities that make things different |
evaluate | When you assess, judge or examine sources |
evidence | Facts, examples, data, quotations, interviews, or other sources which support a claim the writer makes |
fact | Evidence that is accepted as true |
reason | When you use valid, reliable evidence from current and credible sources |
reliable | Based on reason and sense which is strong and sound |
trace | When you follow an argument as a text unfolds |
validity | The quality of one's thinking being logically or factually sound |