Finding Evidence to Support a Claim

A statement made by an author that asserts an author’s belief.

• Evidence

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Sufficient

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Pieces of text used to back up (support) a claim

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Sufficient

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The explanation the author gives to connect the evidence to the claim.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Sufficient

• Reasoning

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The girl walked down the street with her head hanging down; She had just lost her first soccer game. What detail from the text can tell you how the girl was feeling?

• She lost her first game.

• Her head was hanging down.

• She walked down the street.

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I had finally gotten used to being weightless. It became a comfortable feeling. I especially liked floating by the window to see Earth below.

Who am I?

• An astronaut

• A scuba diver

• A brain surgeon

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Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:

High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• A student replied, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• School uniforms can be ordered online.

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

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Claim: Schools should have class during the summer.

Which evidence BEST supports the claim?

• It is too hot to stay home.

• Many students can't afford to go on vacation.

• Some students want a summer job.

• Students forget what they learn over the summer break.

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Claim: CTA should expand bus services to 24 hours.

Which evidence BEST supports the claim?

• It would allow more people to get night jobs and support their families.

• The bus is too expensive.

• The bus doesn't go everywhere that people want to go.

• Some stores are open 24 hours.

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Claim: The government should give a tax credit to people who take public transportation.

Which evidence best supports the claim?

• People help the environment by taking trains and busses.

• This would help bus drivers make more money.

• The bus is slow and inefficient.

• Some people like cars better than trains.

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Does the evidence support the claim?

Claim: snapchat is dangerous for young people."

Evidence: Snapchat is an app that allows users to add filters to photos

• Yes

• No

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