2.1 Reading: Claims and Evidence
Authored by Tracy Fitzgerald
English
11th Grade
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This quiz focuses on rhetorical analysis and argumentative text structure, specifically targeting students' ability to identify claims, evaluate evidence, and analyze persuasive techniques within a complex passage. The questions are appropriate for 11th grade students, as they require sophisticated reading comprehension skills and the ability to analyze an author's organizational strategies, modes of persuasion, and use of rhetorical appeals. Students need to understand how authors construct arguments through strategic evidence selection, how they establish credibility and appeal to audience emotions and values, and how they develop and support a central thesis throughout a text. The core concepts assessed include identifying organizational patterns in paragraphs, recognizing different persuasive techniques, understanding how authors use specific language to create emotional appeals, synthesizing information to determine an author's main argument, and analyzing how narrative details function as supporting evidence for a thesis. Created by Tracy Fitzgerald, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 11. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for developing students' analytical reading skills and can be effectively used as a formative assessment following instruction on argumentative text analysis, as a review activity before summative assessments on rhetorical analysis, or as targeted practice for students preparing for standardized tests that require close reading of persuasive texts. The quiz works well as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge about rhetorical strategies before reading new argumentative texts, or as homework to reinforce classroom discussions about how authors craft compelling arguments. This assessment aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5, which requires students to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of structure in arguments, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6, which focuses on determining an author's point of view and analyzing how style and content contribute to the power and persuasiveness of a text.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
1. Which of the following best describes the organization of the second paragraph?
A. The author defends a controversial claim; then he presents examples that strengthen the claim.
B. The author summarizes his position regarding a cause; then he describes how he arrived at his position.
C. The author makes an assertion; then he lists strategically selected evidence in support of his assertion.
D. The author outlines his approach to a problem; then he offers a more complete explanation of his approach.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
2. Which of th following best characterizes the author's mode of persuasion in the second paragraph?
A. He asserts his own credibility as an authority on an issue.
B. He appeals to the audience's emotions regarding a controversy.
C. He presents himself as a neutral party in a disagreement.
D. He attempts to influence his audience's beliefs about a subject.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
3. In the fourth paragraph, the author calls Gallaudet University "a symbol of leadership and opportunity" in order to
A. praise the institution's former president
B. compare Gallaudet favorably to other institutions
C. suggest that his audience's values have evolved
D. appeal to his audience's pride in the institution
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
4. Which of the following best summarizes the author's thesis?
A. The Administration's disability policy has been underappreciated.
B. Gallaudet University should appoint a person who is deaf as its next president.
C. Gallaudet's leadership misunderstands the goals of the disability rights movement.
D. Congress and the Courts can do more to protect the rights of the people with disabilities.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
5. Throughout the passage, the author includes narrative details to support the thesis that King Jordan
A. should be celebrated for his distinguished career
B. is motivated by a desire for approval
C. should be appointed to a leadership position
D. possesses tremendous drive and stamina
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
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