Argumentative Reading and Writing

1. Which piece of evidence best supports the claim that -students should have sports class in middle school-?

• "Schools that have sports class are popular"

• "Including sports programs is expensive."

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

• "School sports include volleyball and soccer.

2. What is the other side of the issue (opposite of your claim) called?

• Counterargument

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

• Opposition

4. The evidence below best matches which claim?

-Teachers often stay late at work, plan and grade student work at home and spend many hours on weekends planning lessons for the week.-

• Teachers respect students.

• Teachers work very hard.

• Teachers are very knowledgeable.

• Teachers are very important.

5. Which of these is NOT a part of an argumentative text?

• Introduction

• Body Paragraphs

• Setting

• Conclusion

6. What is the purpose of an argumentative essay?

• To entertain the reader

• To prove the thesis is right

• To change the reader´s opinion about a topic

• To give information about a topic

7. Which of these phrases would be good to use to cite text evidence?

• In conclusion,

• According to the text,

• In my opinion,

• In other words,

9. Which quote supports the claim that people should stop using screens?

• "Screens cause students to be distracted and then they cannot learn well."

• "Screens allow students to find information quickly and efficiently."

• "Technology has become more advanced in the past ten years."

• "Screens on cell phones have become larger in the past few years."

10. A thesis statement is NOT...

• the author´s claim

• the main argument of the essay

• a question

11. The thesis statement in an argumentative text must briefly mention the ideas of the topic sentences that will be developed in the body paragraphs.

• True

• False