argument
argument (argumento)
a claim together with the reasons and evidence an author gives to convince readers that it is true.
Example
The town needs a pool because children need a safe place to swim, and drownings fell in towns that built one. (Claim, reason and evidence.)
In Spanish
argument (argumento) — una afirmación junto con las razones y la evidencia que da un autor para convencer a los lectores de que es verdadera.
The town needs a pool because children need a safe place to swim, and drownings fell in towns that built one. (Afirmación, razón y evidencia: un argumento.)