Elements of Argument

Elements of Argument

By Michelle Garcia

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is facts, quotes, or information that supports your claim and helps prove it.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is the claim?

• Students and the elderly should be allowed to ride the city bus for free.

• Allowing them to use the buses for free would give them a safe way to get around while also reducing air pollution.

• Some might say that giving out free bus passes is too expensive.

• However, we already have the buses and drivers, but they are mostly empty.

Multiple Choice

The opposite side of an argument

• credible

• fact

• counter-claim

• claim

Multiple Choice

This sentence is an example of...

Crop circles around the world were created by extraterrestrials.

• Claim

• evidence

• reasoning

• counter-claim

Multiple Choice

Crop circles have been reported since 1678.

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

• counter-claim

Multiple Choice

Crop circles are created overnight.

• Claim

• evidence

• reasoning

• counter-claim

Multiple Choice

Some people believe that humans actually create crop circles.

• claim

• evidence

• reason

• counter-claim

Multiple Choice

The technique of bending the stalks and not breaking them is how the crop circles are created.

• claim

• evidence

• reason

• counter-claim