Argumentative Text

1. Which piece of evidence best supports the claim that -students should have sports class in middle school-?

• "Schools that have sports class are popular"

• "Including sports programs is expensive."

• "Research shows that sports increase student interest in school"

• "School sports include volleyball and soccer.

2. What is the other side of the issue (opposite of your claim) called?

• Counterargument

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

• Opposition

4. The evidence below best matches which claim?

-Teachers often stay late at work, plan and grade student work at home and spend many hours on weekends planning lessons for the week.-

• Teachers respect students.

• Teachers work very hard.

• Teachers are very knowledgeable.

• Teachers are very important.

5. Which of these is NOT a part of an argumentative text?

• Introduction

• Body Paragraphs

• Setting

• Conclusion

7. Which of these phrases would be good to use to cite text evidence?

• In conclusion,

• According to the text,

• In my opinion,

• In other words,

9. Which quote supports the claim that people should stop using screens?

• "Screens cause students to be distracted and then they cannot learn well."

• "Screens allow students to find information quickly and efficiently."

• "Technology has become more advanced in the past ten years."

• "Screens on cell phones have become larger in the past few years."

The statement an author makes about a topic is called a(n):

• essay

• claim

• reason

• evidence

All are examples of author's purpose, EXCEPT:

• persuade

• entertain

• analyze

• program

A counterargument is:

• a text that an author uses to defend a position

• the quality of having trustworthy and reliable sources

• a viewpoint that opposes the author's claim

• the intended target group for a message

You must give credit to the author of information when you:

• summarize

• paraphrase

• summarize or paraphrase