Week 22 Analyzing Claims

A claim is:

• A. An opinion with support

• B. Something the author wants you to believe

• C. Always true

• D. both a and b

• E. both b and c

A claim should have solid evidence for it to be believable.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If you don’t have ____________ for what you believe, your argument will be weak.

• A. opinions

• B. evidence

• C. both A and B

• D. none of the above

Evidence should support the:

• rebuttal

• opinion

• claim

• none of the above

Which type of language is better in an argument?

• objective

• subjective

Which of the following is stronger evidence?

• 64% of companies are on two or more social networks to find new employees.

• Many companies use social networks to hire people.

Which of the following is stronger evidence?

• Some teenagers spend a lot of time on social networks.

• 40% of 8 to 18 year-olds spend 54 minutes a day on social media sites.

I should be able to _________ the other person’s side of an argument.

• A. yell at

• B. listen to

• C. agree with

• D. both B and C

• E. none of the above

____________ language deals with facts and figures (statistics).

• claim

• objective

• subjective

• evidence

____________ language can be argued about.

• factual

• objective

• subjective

• all of the above