Test: Should Phones be Banned from Concerts?

What is a claim?

• statement the writer is trying to prove is true.

• supporting the claim

• proof from a credible source ; facts

What is an argument?

• proof from a credible source; facts

• statement the writer is trying to prove is true.

• statement supporting the claim; a reason

What is evidence?

• proof from a credible source; facts

• statement supporting the claim; a reason

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

To ensure you don’t oversleep and miss the bus, you might set multiple alarms. What ensure means?

• it

  happens constantly and without interruption.

• absorbing—you feel deeply involved in it and surrounded by it.

• to make certain or to guarantee

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

If someone whines incessantly, they

won’t stop whining.

• it

  happens constantly and without interruption.

• absorbing—you feel deeply involved in it and surrounded by it.

• An intent is a plan, purpose, or aim,

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who was forward with the idea of banning phones in concerts?

• Kevin

• Emma

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who was against the idea of not banning phones in concerts?

• Emma

• Kevin

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of these was Kevin's claim ?

• The decision to ban phones at Field Music Hall concerts is unfair, and the venue should reconsider its new rule.

  
  

• 1. Field Music Hall’s phone ban is a smart idea that will make going to concerts way more fun. 

Which of these was Emma's claim?

• The decision to ban phones at Field Music Hall concerts is unfair, and the venue should reconsider its new rule.

  
  

• 1. Field Music Hall’s phone ban is a smart idea that will make going to concerts way more fun. 

In a compound sentence, the comma comes ______________ the coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).

• after

• before

• there is no comma

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CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A