ACT Vocabulary: Argument

The charge in the editorial is that the night monitor left the lab unlocked, and the writer says that accusation is still unproved.

The editor's reliance on the yearbook photo, rather than on anyone's wishes, is what supports the caption about the old gate.

Lena's brief for the debate runs six pages and sets out her side, the reasons, and the yearbook pages she relies on.

The canceled check is the warrant for saying the lab fee was paid.

For the date of the flood, the writer cites the county historian as the authority and names her book in the caption.

The only grounds given for closing the path are two dated photos and one signed statement from a neighbor.

The matter before the school editors is whether an unsigned statement can support the headline about the locked gate.

The issue in the library debate is whether a screenshot is enough when the book itself is missing from the shelf.

Her position, stated in the first paragraph, is that the gate photo is too blurry to prove who was there.

The editorial's stand is that the bus tally should be printed only when the driver's sheet is attached.

The librarian's view is that a pencil scribble in the margin is not evidence the book was finished.

The old route map shed light on the statement that the stop had moved, because the map still shows the corner store.

In the debate handbook, the sense of the word late is after the library locks the door, not simply after the last class.

The editors followed the letter of the rule and accepted only statements with a handwritten name at the bottom.

The club followed the spirit of the rule by accepting a clear email, even though the written rule asks for a signed sheet.

The body of the write-up is the table of daily totals, and the opening sentence is only a question.

In the debate, the term crowd is reserved for more than forty people in the gym.

The editors' construal of the message is that soon meant the same afternoon.

Maya's reading of the smudged log is that the blank line shows the gate was not checked.

Priya's reservation about the survey is that it asked only seniors, so she will not extend the result to the whole school.

His proviso on the statement is the clause that limits the tally to weekdays.

The editors will print the statement on one condition: the photographer must attach the camera copy.

The editorial draws a distinction between a signed statement and a retelling passed along in the hallway.

Lila's objection to the chart is that it has totals but no dates, so she says the statement still needs support.

As an illustration of the statement, the speech describes one Tuesday when the gate was locked at noon.

The example in the speech is the locked gate on Tuesday, offered so the general statement does not remain alone.

The club used last year's signed sheet as the model for what is enough evidence this year.

The pattern in the log, the same missing check on three Fridays, is the evidence the editorial uses.

Nora's parallel is the 2019 gate dispute, which she uses as a reason to trust the older rule.

The source of the date is the 1998 yearbook, which the editor names in the caption.

The root of the argument is the missing handwritten name, which the writer says is why the page should not be printed.

The heart of the editorial is the statement that the path is public, and the jokes in the last lines sit aside from that point.

The core of his argument is the dated photo, and every other sentence only repeats it.

The kernel of the message is that the tally skipped Sunday, and the rest is a polite greeting.

The meat of the opinion piece is the pair of interviews, not the joke in the first line.

The substance of the complaint is that the chart hides the three days when the total was zero.

The form of the argument is one general rule followed by a single day from the log.

The frame of the headline puts a late bus and a skipped stop into one statement about safety.

The slant of the write-up is that every instance comes from one street, so the statement leans toward that block.

The spin in the headline leaves out the three days when the total was zero.

The bias in the published piece is that every quoted person lives on the same block.

The cast of the sentence makes an unpaid library fine sound like a crime.

Her note under the chart says the tally skipped Sunday.

The citation under the photo names the 2004 yearbook and the page where the gate appears.

The writer added a reference to page 12 of the yearbook so readers can find the gate photo.

The index at the back of the write-up lists every interview that was used.

The editors' canon for a message is a date, a handwritten name, and a fact the writer saw.

The rubric on the debate sheet says a strong reason must name where the fact comes from.

The editors' standard for printing a statement is a date plus a handwritten name.

Their criterion for a usable message is whether it names the day the writer was there.

A blurry photo does not meet the bar the editors set for showing who was at the gate.

The muddy mark by the gate is the evidence that a bike had been wheeled through.

The club called the line of footprints a trace that someone had crossed the garden after the speech.

The track of muddy prints from the gate to the bike rack is the evidence the message relies on.

The torn tape was a sign that the envelope had been opened before the meeting.

The torn ticket stub was his voucher that he had been at the game described in the school news.

The principal's stamp on the tally is what shows that the school accepts the numbers.

The library seal pressed onto the sheet is what shows that the date is genuine.

The signature at the bottom is the evidence that Ortiz read the tally.

The signed sheet is the proof the club offered that forty students wanted the late bus.

The club used the March ridership figures as a test of the statement that ridership had fallen.

The library ran a two-week trial of the attendance sheet to see whether mornings really were the busy time.

The committee's finding, after studying the logs, is that the side door was unlocked on two nights.

Her conclusion, drawn from the two dated photos, is that the fence was moved in June.

From the starting statement that only key holders could enter, her corollary is that a key holder opened the lab.

Her induction from lock checks at four schools is the general statement that most side doors stay open at noon.

The consequence of the empty name line is that the sheet was never approved, though the paragraph never says that outright.

The import of the blank page is serious, because the total the headline needs was never written down.

The tenor of the editorial is that the path should stay open, even in the sentences that talk about trees.

The drift of the speech is that the photo is too dim to identify anyone, though the speaker never puts that into one sentence.

The thrust of the editorial is that the club should publish the tally, and the thanks in the first line are not that point.

The burden stayed with the side that wanted the headline changed, because that side had to bring the evidence.

The weight of the evidence is the three signed logs, not the single unsigned email.

The editorial asks for a weighing of the logs and the emails before a reader picks a date.

Her account of the meeting is what the school news prints: the vote was tallied twice, and she lists the names.

The committee's report states what the attendance sheets show and does not discuss anyone's character.

The synopsis at the top of the library essay gives the statement and the two reasons in four lines.

The digest handed out at the debate is four pages of the main points from the longer study.

The entry for May 3 in the log is the evidence that the alarm was checked that morning.

The record kept by the front desk is what the school news cites for the late arrivals.

The file in the library drawer holds the signed permission slips the school news relies on.

The exhibit labeled B at the club meeting was the torn poster the speakers used to support their statement.

Her article in the school news argues that the tally should be reprinted with the missing Friday.

In her column, Ruth argues that the unsigned statement should not be treated as evidence.

The feature on the library debate spends a full page on which signed statements were accepted as evidence.

Priya's review of the club proposal judges the reasons one by one and names the facts that are missing.

Jonah's paper for history class argues that the late bus started in 2016 and cites two old route sheets.

Ortiz's version is that the gate was shut at noon, while the email says it was open.

The story Ben gave the school news is what he says he saw on the path, and the editor keeps it with the dated photo.

Nora's claim is that the gate was locked at noon, and she offers the log to support it.

The club's title to the display case rests on the signed gift card, the evidence of ownership.

The shop has an interest in the sidewalk dispute because its lease is one of the documents in the folder.

The case for the later date is two photos and a signed statement, and that is the whole argument.

The first count in the complaint is the statement that the gate was locked, and the second count is about the missing placard.

Her plea in the debate is her answer that the log should decide the question, not a request for a favor.

The defense in the school news is a set of reasons: the photo is dated, the log matches it, and the hallway talk has no name.

The leak of the tally, a copy passed along before the club met, is the evidence behind the headline.

From the wet mat and the locked door, the inference in the school news is that someone came in before the rain stopped.

Treating one rainy Friday as enough to show that the gate drips all month is the fallacy in the speech.

The school news ran Jordan's rebuttal the next day, a reply showing that the Friday line had been in the log all along.

The science club's hypothesis is the explanation it will check: the late bus, not the rain, is why ridership dropped.

The argument's assumption, never shown in the speech, is that every blank line shows the door was not checked.

Her testimony at the club meeting was the statement that she saw the gate locked, offered so the point would rest on a witness.

His concession in the debate is the point he grants: the Friday line really is missing from the log.

The anecdote she uses as evidence is her walk to school on the morning the gate was shut.

The rumor that the roof had a drip never became evidence, because no one could name the person who first said it.

Her caveat is that the tally covers only weekdays, so any statement about crowds cannot include Saturdays.