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WorksheetsReasons and evidence
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Evidence that is implied is called...
Explicit
Implicit
Why did Holling go in his fairy costume to meet Mickey Mantle?
There wasn't enough time to change
The changing room was locked
He forgot to bring clothes to change into
He had to go with his friend, and they were leaving
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
What is the above expression called?
(a)
Which piece of evidence could BEST be used to prove this claim:
The government SHOULD decide what students eat for lunch.
School lunches, on average have only about 550 calories;however, lunches brought from home have about 850 calories.
The rules make lunches cheap for students, but they cost schools money.
The GAO report said that students in one district refused to eat school lunches for three weeks.
Details from an image can be textual evidence.
I must decide between a small or large dog. I have to admit, I like having a small dog on my lap while watching television. On the other hand, it is beneficial to have a larger dog for protection. Personally, I don’t think I see a large dog in my future. My apartment is just too small. Making decisions like this is often difficult. What reason did the author provide for NOT wanting a large dog?
She thinks her apartment is too small.
She wants to wait until the future to buy a dog.
She wants to have a dog for protection.
She didn’t want to have a dog on her lap.
What is the part of RACER where you find a quote and copy it from the text?
restate
answer
cite evidence
explain
Please match each essential part of citing textual evidence.
In the article, "Tasty Toppings" by Chef Ramsey he argues
Lead in
"the sweetness from pineapple enhances the salty flavors from the cheese and pepperoni"
Textual Evidence
(Source 1).
Citation
Why would you get wet standing under a redwood tree?
Its needles, branches, and trunk collect moisture from fog, and this water drips down.
It is always raining where redwood trees grow.
The tree constantly drips sap from its branches and trunk.
Ex. Dogs make better pets than cats.
This type of reasoning goes from the specific to the broad
Deductive
Inductive
Abductive
Which of the following statements are not evidence?
Over 95% of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving each year.
Middle-School students should have daily recess time.
When surveyed, 98% of snack-food eaters responded that Twinkies were their favorite snack.
The population of Evansville, Indiana has fallen by 15% in the past five years.
Which piece of evidence most strongly supports the claim and reason, "You don't have to give up desserts to be healthy. There are many healthy dessert options."
According to Grubhub, the top dessert in the US was chocolate fudge sundaes in 2019.
Delish.com gives nutritional desserts from keto cheesecake to paleo banana bread.
My family's favorite dessert is apple pie.
Fruit juice has as much sugar as a can of soda.
A slippery slope fallacy happens when...
someone insults the other person instead of staying on topic
someone changes the topic to distract the other person
someone argues that something illogical (usually bad) will happen as a result of something else
someone responds to the opening argument in a fair, logical way
Each body paragraph must have ____________ from the texts, or sources, that supports the given reasons.
conclusions
topics
arguments
evidence
Words or phrases that help connect one idea to another are called...
source numbers
transitions
conclusions
evidence
Text evidence is
the words in the reading passage that help the reader support their thoughts and inferences they make while reading.
the vocabulary words that are important in a passage.
the main ideas of a passage.
