ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING FOR 6-12 SOCIAL STUDIES

Definitions for Writing Standard 1 Argument - “Super Claim”: The overarching idea of an argumentative essay that makes more than one claim. In some cases, an argument has a single claim, but in sophisticated writing in 8th-12th grade, multiple claims are made. Claim: a simple statement that asserts a main point of an argument (a side) Reasoning: 2 parts – a) the “because” part of an argument and … ................
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