A counterclaim is a claim that supports an opposing argument.
A counterclaim is also known as an opposing argument. It is an argument that fails to support an individual’s thesis.
<h2>Further Explanation</h2>
A counterclaim contradicts an individual’s thesis statement.
There are four parts of an argument, these include:
- Counterclaims
- Reasons
- Evidence
- Claims
An argument aims to persuade or convince, for example, if you have informed your parents that you need a new phone, you have made a claim. When you make a claim, it means that you are making your stance known, or you are establishing your main points. A claims state what an individual thinks is correct or true about an issue based on the knowledge and the research you have made about the topic.
So for your parents to get you a new phone, then you have to support your claim as to why the old phone is no longer useful to you
In your argument to acquire a new phone, if your parents fail to support your claim or they say No to your request, that’s your parent counterclaims.
Therefore, you have to give concrete reasons and support it with evidence to convince your parents, so that they can provide you a new phone.
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KEYWORDS:
- reasons
- evidence
- counterclaims
- argument
- phone
