1citation
identifying where you have used material from someone else in your writing
2claim
a statement which may or may not be true
3clarification by contrast
clarifying the meaning of a term by contrasting it with what it is not in order to narrow down the possible range of things it could be understood as
4clarification by example
clarifying a term by giving examples of what it is, or what it is not, in order to help the reader understand what is being described
5command word
in an imperative, the words which contain the command or commands to which the reader should respond. examples might include ‘show’ or ‘evaluate’
6conclusion
a claim about the world which we are asked to accept based on reasons
7content word
words in an essay which show the key content which is being focused on in each paragraph
8context
factors that are outside the source and its argument, such as its author or where it was published , that affect its meaning
9contextualisation
establishing the background and significance of a question before embarking on an argument
10counter-argument
an argument which could be made to challenge another argument
11creativity
an original, unusual, new or imaginative approach to presenting your arguments
12credibility
the believability of the claims made by a source related to its context