Claims, Evidence, Reason

It is important to support your claims with ________ to ensure you are not stating just an opinion.

• Argument

• Counter-claim

• Evidence

• Rebuttal

An opinion is

• An idea that can be argued

• An idea that can be proven with facts

• An idea that cannot be proven with evidence

• A claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Reasoning tells how or (a)   the evidence given supports your claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

What is the difference between an opinion and a claim?

A counter-claim is

• A statement that supports the claim

• A statement that opposes the claim

• An idea

• An opinion

We use evidence when writing an argument to

• Oppose the claim.

• Support the conclusion.

• Support the counter-claim.

• Support the claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What key words in this sentence help you identify it as an opinion?

"I believe students should be allowed to use their cell phones during their lunch period."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A rebuttal is

• An opinion that is supported by evidence

• An argument

• A come-back from the counter-argument.

• A fact

When writing a conclusion statement,

• We restate the claim.

• We restate the counter-claim.

• We restate the thesis.

• We restate the evidence.

An easy way to draft a conclusion statement is to

• restate the thesis

• restate the opinion

• restate the counter-claim

• restate the evidence.