Identifying Parts of an Argument

A statement put forth and supported by claims, reasons, and evidence.

• Evidence

• Reason

• Claim

• Argument

A good argument will include reasons and ______________.

• Justifications

• Evidence

• Arguments

• All of the above

Select the 3 parts of an argument.

• Claims

• Fact

• Argument

• Evidence

Determining the author's argument, determining the claims, and identifying the evidence are the steps needed to analyze and identify an argument.

• True

• False

What restates the claim, wraps up argument?

• Conclusion

• Counterclaim

• Claim

• Summary

Mom, I should be allowed to go to Billy's party Saturday night. For one thing, I did all my chores this week. Also, I turned in all my assignments at school. You can even see in Aeries that my GPA is 95%. You might think there will be no parental supervision there, but I assure you Billy's mom Janet and Dad Joe will be there; in fact, here is their number for you to call.

Which part of the argument is sentence 3?

• claim

• reason

• evidence

• counterclaim

An argument is made up of______.

• emotional appeal

• a main idea

• proof + reasonable claims

• discussion back an forth

The argument is the (a)   plus (+) the ​ (b)   .

• claim

• reasons

• rebuttal

• counterclaim

• evidence

Read the passage and identify the claim.

Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes because of their texture, their creamy filling, and their golden appearance.

What is the claim in the paragraph above?

• Their texture is what makes them the best.

• Their creamy filling is what makes them better than others.

• Twinkies are nasty.

• Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes.

A statement the speaker is trying to prove is true

• Claim

• Reason

• evidence

• counterclaim