Claims, Evidence and Reasoning

Claims, Evidence and Reasoning

Review and Retest

Multiple Select

What are the parts of an argument? Choose all that apply.

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

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What is the best definition of a claim?

• a statement of fact

• a statement you believe to be true

• a statement of logical reasoning

• a statement you believe to be false

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What is the best definition for evidence?

• facts from the text or other reliable sources

• opinions of readers

• creative ideas

• logical reasoning

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What is the best definition for reasoning?

• true evidence from the text

• complete opinions of experts

• logical thinking that connects the evidence to the claim

• interesting and creative fiction

Multiple Choice

What is a topic sentence?

• The end of the paragraph

• a summary of the argument

• the first sentence of a paragraph that states its main idea

• the body of a paragraph

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What does the conclusion of a paragraph in an argument essay do?

• restate the main idea and connect it to the claim

• thank the reader for reading

• introduce a new idea

• make a little joke

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is a claim?

• Anansi is a spider.

• Anansi is unlikable.

• Anansi gobbles all the food.

• Anansi puts rocks in his jacket.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is evidence that supports the claim that Anansi is unlikable?

• He gets an invitation to dinner.

• He likes to eat food.

• He thinks Turtle is a good cook.

• He tricks Turtle and eats all the food.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is reasoning that connects the evidence and the claim that Anansi is unlikable?

• Tricking your friends and eating all the food is mean and greedy, and nobody likes mean and greedy people.

• Putting rocks in your jacket is a smart way to get down to Turtle's table.

• At the end Anansi learns a lesson.

• Anansi the Spider is a famous figure of West African folk lore.

Multiple Choice

In this story we see that it is impossible to be likable if you are always negative others.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning