Author's Perspective: Reasons and Claims

What is the author's argument or claim? 

• Hip-hop should be taught as literature.
• Hip-Hop is a form of poetry.
• Hip-Hop is not appropriate in the classroom. 
• None of these

What is the second reason the author gives to support the claim that hip-hop should be taught in literature? 

• Hip-hop is more interesting than classic poetry.
• Lyrics for hip-hop songs can teach student life-lessons
• Teachers can better relate to their student's experiences
• Students can learn to write hip-hop lyrics. 

What does Reasoning mean?

• A solid and reasonable argument
• A written response to a claim
• An explanation that connects your evidence back to the claim
• An opinion you believe in

According to the American Health Association, peanut butter is a great source of protein.

• Claim
• Evidence

"Two out of three high school students fail to get enough sleep" is an example of:

• Claim
• Evidence

Which of the following is a claim the author supports in paragraph 1?
“The best things in life are free,” they say, which is true for things like libraries. However, it is not true for many museums. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, for example, costs $20 to get in.
Traveling exhibits, such as the work of a certain artist that is touring the country, almost always cost even more. People must pay to get into the museum and also pay for the special
showing. That means people who don’t have much money cannot enjoy the art.

•  Poor people cannot enjoy museums.
• Museums should not charge extra fees.
• Traveling exhibits should always be free.
• Museums need more traveling shows.

Schools should pay students for good grades because money can be a good motivator.

• Reason
• Evidence

Once an author selects his topic and establishes his purpose, they then have to produce a ____. 

• claim
• reason
• evidence
• explanation

Once an author establishes his claim he must provide ____ that the claim is valid. 

• claim
• evidence
• reasons
• All of these

To further strengthen the claim, the author must use ____ 

• claim
• reasons
• evidence
• All of these