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Argument Vocabulary Review

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  • A set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others to think that an action or idea is right or wrong
    Argument
  • Free of bias; based on facts rather than opinions
    Objective
  • The act of rebutting a point
    Refute
  • Your “comeback” to someone’s argument or counter-argument
    Rebuttal
  • Claim made to prove a previous claim is false or incorrect
    Counterclaim
  • The main point an author is trying to make
    Central Idea
  • Short version containing only the main points
    Summary
  • Statement or assertion that something is the case, typically one that is disputed or in doubt from another side
    Claim
  • An event, occurrence or state of affairs known to have happened, cannot be argued
    Fact
  • The legal explanation of a court's judgment.
    Reasons
  • The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way
    Reasoning
  • A person who is a specialist in a subject, often technical, who may present his/her expert opinion without having been a witness to any occurrence relating to the lawsuit or criminal case
    Expert Testimony
  • Connected; related to the matter being discussed
    Relevant
  • To carefully consider or calculate the quality, importance, amount, value, etc. of something. legal explanation of a court's judgment
    Evaluate
  • Something that proves the existence of truth or supports a conclusion
    Evidence
  • A particular manner or way of considering a matter.
    Point of View
  • Evidence is in the form of stories that people tell about what has happened to them, it can be personal or from others
    Anecdotal
  • A particular form of proof related to the collection of information that is grouped and then summarized using some mathematical representation
    A statistic