C.E.R. & Eng. Skills Review

A claim is which of the following?

• Your argument

• Your opinion

• Your response to a question

• All of these

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

T/F: A claim can sometimes be written as a question.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which of the following would NOT count as "evidence"?

• Data / Statistics

• Your own opinion

• Quotes from credible people/publications

• Quotes from our novels

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

The following sentence is an example of what: The voting age should be changed to 21.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• MLA Citation

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which of the following is an example of first-person? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• Me

• My

• I

• They

• Us

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

In general, what is the purpose of "Evidence"?

• To ask your reader a question

• To confuse your reader

• To prove/support your claim

• To summarize all of your main ideas

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What should always come at the END of an evidence sentence?

• An MLA citation

• The character's name who said the quote

• Another claim

• An exclamation point

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What is the purpose of reasoning sentences? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• To explain what your evidence is saying

• To side with the counter-argument

• To explain how that evidence supports your claim

• To ask the reader a question

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Reasoning sentences should always...

• Be a direct quote from someone else

• Just repeat exactly what the evidence said

• Only be one sentence

• Be written in your own words

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Where does the Thesis belong in an essay?

• First sentence of the introduction paragraph

• Last sentence of the conclusion paragraph

• Last sentence of the introduction paragraph

• First sentence of the body paragraph

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CCSS.W.9-10.1A