Arguments and Claims Review

Choose an example of a claim.

• I deserve a cellphone.

• I shoud get a cellphone because it is useful for me to do activies in the classroom. =

• Cellphones are important in my live.

The main idea of an argument is known as the...?

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

True or False: A claim is a statement that must be argued.

• True

• False

What part of an argument explains why a counterclaim is incorrect?

• Claim

• Rebuttal

• Reasoning

• Evidence

Which of the following best defines reasoning?

• facts and statistics found in research

• using strong feelings, rather than facts, to persuade

• quoting an expert in the field to support a claim

• a general statement that supports the author's claim or opinion

A piece of evidence that is closely connected to the claim is known as...?

• Relevant Evidence

• Irrelevant Evidence

• Sound Evidence

• Unsound Evidence

Which of the following statements is an example of a claim?

• Sports teach students how to work as a team and trust others to be supportive.

• The National Alliance for Youth Sports states, "Working as a team to reach a common goal helps children develop communication and problem solving skills that will benefit them on the field and off."

• Every middle school student should be required to participate in a sport.

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 reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

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

• School uniforms can be ordered online.

Facts, details, statistics, expert opinions, and quotes are known as...?

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Rebuttals

• Claims

In an argument, a speaker states a ______________ and supports it with ______________ and _____________.

• claim, reasons, evidence

• reason, claims, evidence

• claim, facts, opinions