Critical Reading and Terms (9th)

The writer's position on an issue

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttel

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.1C

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

• evidence/support

• claims

• arguments

• counterclaims

Statements that address opposing viewpoints.

• counterclaims

• rebuttels

• claims

• arguments

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

There can only be one claim in a single piece of writing.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

Campus should offer McDonald's in the cafeteria once a month.

• CLAIM

• NOT A CLAIM

Should Wichita build more bicycle lanes?

• CLAIM

• NOT A CLAIM

A claim is

• money
• unecessary
• a position on an issue

Support is the evidence used to back-up or help prove a claim.

• True

• False

The legal driving age should be raised to 18.

• Claim
• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

56% of teens said they talk on the phone while driving.

• Claim 
• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1