AKS 17: Quiz 1

What is the definition of an argument?

• Your position on a topic; must include the claim, reasons, and evidence

• Your opinion or point you are trying to prove

• The main support for the claim; why the claim is true

• Facts, statistics, examples, and information that supports the claim and reasons

What is the definition of a claim?

• Your position on a topic; must include the claim, reasons, and evidence

• Your opinion or point you are trying to prove

• The main support for the claim; why the claim is true

• Facts, statistics, examples, and information that supports the claim and reasons

What is the definition of a reason?

• Your position on a topic; must include the claim, reasons, and evidence

• Your opinion or point you are trying to prove

• The main support for the claim; why the claim is true

• Facts, statistics, examples, and information that supports the claim and reasons

What is the definition of evidence?

• Your position on a topic; must include the claim, reasons, and evidence

• Your opinion or point you are trying to prove

• The main support for the claim; why the claim is true

• Facts, statistics, examples, and information that supports the claim and reasons

**Use your text "Escape from Alcatraz"**

What is the claim of this argument?

• Alcatraz was a horrible prison.

• Frank Morris, Clarence Morris, and Anglin Morris died trying to escape Alcatraz.

• Frank Morris, Clarence Morris, and Anglin Morris successfully escaped Alcatraz.

• Rafts and stolen cars make good getaway vehicles for escaping prisoners.

**Use the text "Escape from Alcatraz"**

Which piece of evidence is not relevant?

• Investigators found a raft on the beach the prisoners would have landed on.

• According to police report #90872 by the San Francisco police, a car was stolen the night of their escape.

• Rumors have circulated for years that all three men escaped and lived free of their prison walls.

• A young man named Levi Matthews conducted a report on Morris and the Anglin brothers for his 7th grade research project.

**Use your text "Escape from Alcatraz"**

What reasons are used to support the claim? (Select 2 answers)

• They escaped successfully because their escape vehicles can both be identified.

• Despite what historians have argued in the past, all three of these prisoners successfully escaped.

• These three men risked everything for their freedom, and it all paid off in the end. 

• Not only can their escape vehicles be identified, but witnesses claim they can confirm their escape.