Claim Argumentative

The __________________________ is the assertion statement made in order to convince the reader of a point of view.

• Reason

• Evidence

• Claim

A central part of any argument is the ____________.

• Evidence

• backbone

• claim

The claim needs to be supported by ______________ and ____________.

• reasons and evidence

• opinions and facts

• social media and the news

A strong claim is the _________________ of a strong argument.

• clue

• backbone (foundation)

• answer

In order to back up a claim, a writer will offer ___________ to support the claim (usually several reasons are needed).

• opinions

• reasons

• help

If the argument is to be strong, those reasons will contain ________________________, like facts, data, statistics, or quotations.

• hints

• clues

• evidence

Strong evidence is based on:

• quotations

• statistics and or data

• facts

• all of the above

A claim is a statement that the writer is trying to prove is true.

• true

• false

Arguments are made to __________________ someone to believe something or do something.

• brainwash

• hypnotize

• convince

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion

• claim

• argument

• evidence