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Analyzing Claims and Evidence

Analyzing Claims and Evidence

Assessment

Interactive Video

Education, Instructional Technology, Professional Development

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

FREE Resource

Nathan Greenberg introduces command of evidence questions on the SAT, explaining their challenges and presenting a four-step approach to tackle them. He demonstrates this method through various examples, including a hypothesis about green chilies, a poem by Amy Lowell, a claim about mosasaurs, and an analysis of economic policy uncertainty using a graph. The video emphasizes the importance of understanding the question and forming predictions before evaluating answer choices.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary challenge students face with command of evidence questions?

Understanding the text

Reading the question

Identifying the claim

Finding the best evidence

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which step in the four-step approach involves forming your own answer?

Step 2

Step 3

Step 1

Step 4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to form a prediction before looking at answer choices?

To ensure accuracy

To save time

To understand the text better

To avoid confusion

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the green chilies example, what was the hypothesis about?

Increasing temperature

Reducing roasting time

Changing ingredients

Using more propane

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the example with the poem illustrate?

How to support a claim

How to identify personification

How to analyze a character

How to find the main idea

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the poem example, what literary device is used to show nature as an active participant?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Alliteration

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the claim about mosasaurs in the third example?

They were cold-blooded

They were endothermic

They were extinct

They lived in warm waters

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