Analyze Author's Claim and Evaluating Arguments

Analyze Author's Claim and Evaluating Arguments

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Analyze Author's Claim and Evaluating Arguments

Analyze Author's Claim and Evaluating Arguments

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.1, RI.11-12.5, RI.7.2

+16

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

claim

reason

evidence

explanation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

To further strengthen the claim, the author must use ____ 

claim

reasons

evidence

All of these

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

To better persuade a reader or audience member, an author can use which persuasive appeal. 

Ethos

Logos

Pathos

All of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This persuasive technique uses facts and logic (empirical and logical evidence) to appeal to an audience’s sense of reason or common sense

rhetoric

pathos

logos

ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The author’s argument can be traced and ________________.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is not an arguable claim made by the author?

It’s a huge, dangerous, maybe impossible project.

I could tell you that we shouldn’t keep all our eggs in this increasingly fragile basket—one good meteor strike and we all join the non-avian dinosaurs.

And have you noticed the weather lately?

Humanity was born on Earth. Are we going to stay here? I suspect—I hope—the answer is no.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of supporting evidence should the author add to strengthen the argument?

Empirical Evidence -

Logical Evidence

Anecdotal Evidence

None of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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