Claims and counterclaims

Claims and Counterclaims

By Taisha Garner

​Example: Schools should have four day weeks.

Multiple Choice

Your opinion or argument is called a(n) 

• claim 
• evidence 
• counterclaim 
• limitation 

Multiple Choice

What is a claim?

• A piece of evidence to support your position

• Your position on a topic

• A reflection on the topic or why the topic is important

• A sentence meant to draw the reader in

Multiple Choice

Statements that address opposing viewpoints.

• counterclaims

• rebuttels

• claims

• arguments

Multiple Choice

If your claim is, “Students should wear school uniforms,” your counterclaim would be ...

• Some students should wear school uniforms.

• I don’t like school uniforms because they are ugly.

• Students should not wear school uniforms.

• School uniforms would be a good idea.

Multiple Choice

What does the REASON do?

• Explains evidence

• It makes a good argument

• Tells your opinion

• Tells why you think what you think

Multiple Choice

Which evidence matches the reason "Sleep is needed to grow the right way."

• Researchers have discovered that kids getting 10-11 hours of sleep a night grow taller than those that don't.

• According to Kids Health, scientists have proven that kids getting 10-11 hours of sleep a night are nicer and have more friends.

• My mom only gets 4 hours of sleep a night and is really stressed out and tired all the time.

• Sleep is good for your skin and will make wrinkles in your face much smaller.

Multiple Choice

A text that takes a side on an issue or problem and supports it with reasons and evidence

• Narrative

• Explanatory

• Argumentative

Multiple Choice

the first sentence in a piece of writing used to grab the reader’s attention right away

• hook
• thesis
• claim
• evidence

Multiple Choice

A __________ is a statement the writer is trying to prove is true. 

• Evidence
• Claim
• Counter-claim
• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

Concluding statements do all of the following except

• End the essay. 
• Restate the claim. 
• Make a new claim. 
• Summarize the main points. 

Multiple Choice

True or False this is a claim?- “Bugs are highly nutritious and eating them can fix the problem of hunger and malnutrition in the United States.”

• False
• True

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not be a counterclaim to the following claim: All cars should be yellow.

• All cars should not be yellow. 
• All cars should be black. 
• Cars should be different colors. 
• Cars are great. 

Multiple Choice

The _____________ states the argument the writer is trying to prove.

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Body Paragraph

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

Facts, quotations, examples, anecdotes, and statistics can all be used as _______________.

• evidence

• claims

• arguments

• counterclaims

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of an argument?

• TO EXPLAIN
• TO PERSUADE
• TO ENTERTAIN
• TO INFORM

Multiple Choice

The author's purpose is to convince us that the ________________ is true.

• evidence

• claim

• counterclaim

• clues

Open Ended

What is your opinion of TikTok?

Open Ended

Do you think that children under 13 should be aloud to have TikTok?