Relevance and Topic Development Quiz

Evidence that DOES connect to the claim is _____________ evidence.

• Relevant

• Irrelevant

Evidence that DOES NOT connect to the claim is _______________ evidence.

• Relevant

• Irrelevant

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: Dogs are better than cats.

• Dogs are quicker to train in a household.

• Dogs are always happy to see their owners.

• Dogs are clumsy and shed their hair everywhere in the house.

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: The driving age should be lowered.

• Newer, young drivers are twice as likely to cause car accidents than older, experienced drivers.

• Teens have much better eyesight when they are younger, which would help their driving.

• Teens can get jobs at a younger age because their parents won't have to drive them.

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Schools should start later in the morning.

• Students would be more awake in class for getting more sleep in the mornings.

• Schools would get out later in the day, which gives students less time to complete homework or after school activities.

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Children should be given allowance for doing chores.

• Earning money for chores will help children learn responsibility very early in life.

• Children can become irresponsible by spending all of the money they earn right away.

Select the IRRELEVANT pieces of evidence for this claim (CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE): Schools should require students to wear uniforms.

• Families would save money by not buying as many clothes for school.

• Uniforms are expensive.

• Students would not be able to express individuality at school.

• Students would not break the dress code at school.

Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Amelia Earhart is famous for being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

• She was able to cross the Atlantic Ocean in only 21 hours.

• She disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

• She went to the Iowa State Fair and saw a plane for the first time.

• She first became a nurse and then a social worker before becoming a pilot.

Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Weather reports need to be correct so that people can prepare for bad weather.

• I always keep an umbrella in my car in case it rains.

• Weather reporters study many satellite images before preparing their report on the news.

• It takes several years of schooling to become a weather reporter.

• Weather reporters use pictures to show the news about weather.

Choose the sentence that does not belong in the following paragraph.

(1) Beavers are natural engineers. (2) These mammals occupy slow-moving streams and build dams of sticks and mud. (3) Their dams, which average 10 m to 100 m in length, raise water levels to create ponds. (4) They are one of Canada’s national symbols. (5) Beavers are relentless in their efforts to shape their environment.

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

• sentence 5