Claims, Evidence & Reason

Identify the claim and reason.

• Winter is better than summer.

• Students should wear school uniforms because it makes it harder to tease kids who have less money.

• I like tacos better than burritos.

• Humans are mammals.

Facts, data, or quotes that you provide to prove your argument

• Claim

• Argument

• Evidence

• Counter-Claim

A claim is...

• an opinion

• a statement that can be argued for or against using evidence

• evidence for an opinion

• a true statement

What does the REASON do?

• Explains evidence

• It makes a good argument

• Tells your opinion

• Tells why you think what you think

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Claim: In the United States, we still need a post office. Which of the following is NOT a good piece of evidence to support this claim?

• The post office is needed for the delivery of packages.

• Nearly 90% of mail is junk mail and throwing it away is bad for the environment.

• The post office serves Americans throughout the country

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The following is an example of a claim: Ice cream is the best dessert on the planet

• True

• False

The following sentence is an example of...?

More school districts should wake up to the benefits of starting school later in the morning.

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Claim

• Opinion

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Video games are bad for kids.

• claim

• reason

• evidence

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More than 150 million people in the United States play 3 hours or more of video games per week.

• claim

• reason

• evidence

Shrimp gives you bad breath.

• claim
• evidence

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