Claim Argumentative

Tracing an argument means ...

• following the claim and evidence like roads on a map .

• following the details to arrive at a claim

• following the sentence structure to understand the argument

• following writer's attitude

a strong argument should provide a clear route to connect its claims andevidence

• True

• False

If evidence is hidden or missing or not explicitily stated, the reader will

• not arrive at a unreasonable conclusion

• arrive at the correct understanding of the argument

• not arrive at the intended destination of the writer's argument

• arrive at a confused yet reasonable conclusion

A claim is ______________________________.

• examples, data, facts, and information.

• a fact.

• a debatable statement that can be supported with evidence.

• an answer to a question.

Why is it important to use evidence in argumentative writing?

• Use evidence to prove you have the only correct answer

• Use evidence to persuade your readers to accept your claim

• Use evidence to show off your knowledge

• Use evidence to show that quotes are facts.

Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• It makes your paragraph longer.

• It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.

• It shows that you know what you are talking about.

• It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

What is evidence?

• Information or data that supports or proves a claim or statement.

• A collection of opinions

• A random guess

• A personal belief

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim: High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

What is the claim in the following argument?

• In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.

• No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls.

• Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.