Ad Claims and Evidence

The reasoning explains why the evidence _____________ the claim.

• stops

• supports

• distracts

• removes

Shamwow is highly absorptive, washable, has different uses, made in Germany, and has a 10 year warranty.

• This is evidence.

• This is a claim

• This is reasoning.

Students should be required to do community service.

• Evidence statement

• Claim statement

• Reasoning statement

What is the best definition for claim? 

• A statement you believe to be false. 

• A statement you believe to be true. 

• Evidence that proves something right. 

An author's claim is more believable if they have evidence to support the claim.

• True

• False

Is this an example of a claim, or evidence?

• Evidence

• Claim

Is this an example of a claim, or evidence?

• Claim

• Evidence

Is this an example of a claim, or evidence?

• Claim

• Evidence

What is evidence?

• Things the author made up

• fiction stories the author once heard

• proof the author gives to support their claim

• the weather report

What evidence might the author be making using this claim? "Chicago is the best city in the world."

• Chicago is a great city for sports fans because we have the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Bears, Blackhawks, and more.

• Chicago gets really cold an I hate to be cold.

• Chicago is muddy in the spring.

• Chicago has terrible traffic all the time.