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You should support claims with all of the following EXCEPT

• logical reasoning
• relevant evidence
• supporting ideas
• bias opinions

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Using evidence to support your claim makes your ideas ____________.

• right
• wrong
• weaker
• stronger

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The author writes to show or explain facts.

• inform
• entertain
• describe
• sensory words

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Read the following passage.

Bike riding should be allowed in public parks. Both cyclists and walkers can easily share the trails as long as they follow the rules of the park. According to the rules, cyclists should stay on the right side of the trails and always let walkers pass first. Some people may argue that cyclists do not always follow the rules. The parks department should make sure that the rules are clearly posted in the parks. This will remind people of how they should share this space.

Which of the following details from the passage anticipates a counterclaim to the argument that bike riding should be allowed in public parks?

• Bike riding should be allowed in public parks.

• According to the rules, cyclists should stay on the right side of the trails and always let walkers pass first.

• Some people may argue that cyclists do not always follow the rules.

• Both cyclists and walkers can easily share public trails

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Which piece of evidence best supports the claim that we should have sports in middle school?

• "In schools that have sports, students attend games after school."

• "When schools have sports programs, the school must spend money on coaches and equipment."

• "Research shows that school sports increase student interest in school"

• "School sports include volleyball, soccer, basketball and tennis."

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Imagine you are caught outside in a thunderstorm. As lightning flashes in the sky, you see something mysterious close to the ground. It looks like a white hot ball of electricity. It floats toward you, and then, suddenly, it shoots sparks of electricity at you!

If you were to see something like this, you would not be alone. About 1 in 150 people believe they have seen balls of lightning. They have been written about as many as 10,000 times. According to these reports, the size of the balls is between a tennis ball and a beach ball. The balls usually burn for 10 seconds or so before they disappear. They are also extremely hot and can burn people if touched.

For hundreds of years, no one could explain "ball lightning." Then, in 2007, a team of Brazilian scientists tried to figure it out. They decided that metal elements in soil can combine with lightning to make vapor. If lightning strikes the ground, it creates this vapor. The vapor then combines with oxygen and starts to burn.

To test this idea, the scientists used metals like the kind found in soil. They shocked the metals with electricity. Doing this, they were able to create balls of lightning that burned for as long as eight seconds! As a result, many scientists now agree that "ball lightning" is no longer a mystery.

Scientists "shocked the metals with electricity" because

• metals begin to melt when they combine with oxygen.

• the lightning balls do not burn when they are shocked.

• metals can combine with electricity to make vapor.

• shocking metal keeps the lab from getting too hot.

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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 authority of a source you means:

• source of the information: author/publisher/source

• it comes from someone who is a leader

• it is the reason the information exists

• it is up to date and timely

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Why was Langley in need of more workers?

• A lot of people had to leave to go to war

• The workers decided to stay home with their families

• Many people didn't really want to work for them

• There was a big decrease of computers due to the war.

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The author wrote the selection frozen frog most likely to explain __

• the reasons scientist have been unsuccessful at freezing organs

• how the wood frog survives in harsh conditions

• how wood frogs hibernate or migrate to warmer climates

• the scientific studies that involve wood frogs

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