3.1 Reading: Claims and Evidence
Authored by Tracy Fitzgerald
English
11th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and rhetorical analysis, specifically examining how authors construct arguments through claims, evidence, and reasoning. Designed for 11th-grade students, the questions assess critical reading skills that require students to analyze authorial purpose, identify how evidence supports claims, and understand how writers integrate opposing viewpoints into their arguments. Students must demonstrate deep comprehension by recognizing the strategic function of specific textual evidence, understanding how authors use examples and expert testimony to build their cases, and analyzing how personal anecdotes connect to broader social or political arguments. The core concepts tested include identifying authorial intent, analyzing the relationship between evidence and claims, recognizing rhetorical strategies, and understanding how writers position different perspectives within their overall argument structure. Created by Tracy Fitzgerald, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 11. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for developing advanced analytical reading skills through focused practice on argument analysis. Teachers can use this assessment for formative evaluation of student progress in reading complex texts, as a warm-up activity before diving deeper into argumentative writing, or as homework to reinforce classroom instruction on rhetorical analysis. The quiz works particularly well for reviewing key concepts before standardized assessments or as part of a unit on contemporary issues where students examine how authors build persuasive arguments. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.8, which requires students to evaluate the reasoning in seminal texts, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6, focusing on determining an author's point of view and analyzing how rhetorical strategies advance that purpose.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
1. In the fourth paragraph, the author discusses diseases in wild salmon primarily to
A. highlight similarities between the incidence of disease in wild salmon and farmed salmon
B. imply that wild salmon are more susceptible to disease than farmed salmon
C. support a claim about the health benefits of eating farmed salmon
D. present evidence that calls into quetion the benefits of large scale aquaculture
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
2. In the sentence "Their efforts...rescue" (paragraph 10), the author integrates a line of reasoning adopted by "industry supporters" into his own argument primarily to
A. describe a method to solve the environmental problems posed by aquaculture
B. establish that current criticisms of aquaculture are premature
C. present a view of aquaculture that he seeks to dispute
D. defend the notive of industry supporters
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
3. In the final two paragraphs of the passage ("The environmental...diversity"), the author integrates Ray Hilborn's arguments primarily to critique the practice of
A. adopting farming methods to restore wild fish populations
B. creating prawn farms in mangrove swamps
C. displacing poor villagers to create fish farms
D. polluting the ocean with effluent from fish farms
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
4. In the eighth paragraph, the autor's statement that "My story is all too common" serves which of the following purposes?
A. It shows that the author was luckier than most adolescents in her situation.
B. It summarizes an experience that was previously depicted through anecdotes.
C. It asserts the relevance of her personal experience within a wider political debate.
D. It concedes that the author's opinions about deportation were shaped by her own experiences.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
5. In the ninth paragraph, the author relates the story of her niece ("When my...support her") primarily to
A. express regret for the author's failure to support her family
B. cite a factor that inspired her to take on a particular screen role
C. identify one aspect of her family's situation that is atypical
D. illustrate the negative effects of family fragmentation on children
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CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
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