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Unit 1 – Claims, Reasoning, and Evidence
1.1 Identifying the purpose and intended audience of a text
1.2 Examining how evidence supports a claim
1.3 Developing paragraphs as part of an effective argument
Unit 2 – Organizing Information for a Specific Audience
2.1 Analyzing audience and its relationship to the purpose of an argument
2.2 Building an argument with relevant and strategic evidence
2.3 Developing thesis statements
2.4 Developing structure and integrating evidence to reflect a line of reasoning
Unit 3 – Perspectives and How Arguments Relate
3.1 Interpreting character description and perspective
3.2 Identifying and avoiding flawed lines of reasoning
3.3 Introducing and integrating sources and evidence
3.5 Attributing and citing references
3.6 Developing parts of a text with cause-effect and narrative methods
Unit 4 – How writers develop arguments, intros, and conclusions
4.2 Developing introductions and conclusions
Unit 5 – How a writer brings all parts of an argument together
5.1 Developing commentary throughout paragraphs
5.2 Maintaining ideas throughout an argument
5.3 Using modifiers to qualify an argument and convey perspective
5.4 Using transitions
Unit 6 – Position, Perspective, and Bias
6.1 Incorporating multiple perspectives strategically into an argument
6.2 Recognizing and accounting for bias
6.3 Adjusting an Argument to New Evidence
6.4 Analyzing Tone and Shifts in Tone
Unit 7 – Successful and Unsuccessful Arguments
7.1 Examining complexities in issues
7.2 Considering how words, phrases, and clauses can modify and limit an argument
7.4 Exploring how sentence development affects an argument
Unit 8 – Stylistic Choices
8.1 Choosing comparisons based on an audience
8.2 Considering how sentence development and word choice affect how the writer is perceived by an audience
8.3 Considering how all choices made in an argument affect the audience
8.4 Considering how style affects an argument
Unit 9 – Developing a Complex Argument
9.1 Strategically conceding, rebutting, or refuting information
9.2 Crafting an argument through stylistic choices like word choice and description
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"I Have a Dream" Speech
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Abbreviations
Abolitionist
Academic Journals
Active Voice
Ad Hominem
Addition
Adversarial
Advice
Age Group
AI Bias
Ain't I A Woman
Air Pollution in Urban Areas
Algorithmic Optimization
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
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Ambition
Analogies
Analysis
Analytical
Analytical Essay
Analyze
Analyze the Evidence
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Analyzing Arguments
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Anaphora
Anecdotal Evidence
Anecdote
Anecdotes
Animal Welfare
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Appeal
Appeals to Logic
Arguable
Arguable Claim
Argument
Argument Essay
Argument FRQ
Argument Resonance
Argument Structure
Argument's effectiveness
Argumentation Skills
Argumentative
Argumentative Essay
Argumentative Structures
Argumentative writing
Arguments
Arrangement
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Stupidity
Assumptions
Audience
Audience Movement
Audience's reception
Author's Identity
Author's Message
Author’s Purpose
Automation
Autonomous Weapons
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Background
Background Knowledge
Basic Human Right
BAT the PROMPT
Beliefs
Bias
Biases
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