Argument, Claim, Reasons, Evidence

A good argument will include reasons and ______________.

• Justifications

• Evidence

• Arguments

• All of the above

Read the passage and identify the claim.

Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes because of their texture, their creamy filling, and their golden appearance.

What is the claim in the paragraph above?

• Their texture is what makes them the best.

• Their creamy filling is what makes them better than others.

• Twinkies are nasty.

• Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes.

Select the 3 parts of an argument.

• Claims

• Fact

• Argument

• Evidence

The writer's position on an issue or problem.

• Argument

• Claim

• Evaluate

• Trace

Evidence and reasoning _____________________ support a claim.

• may or may not

• period

• Can't really tell

• will always

Evidence means the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• True

• False

The main point of an author's argument is called a

• claim

• evidence

• reason

• conclusion

The use of reasons and evidence to support a claim is called -

• claim

• reason

• argument

• evidence

• defense

The points the author makes to support the claim are called

• arguments

• transitions

• evidence

• reasons

Examples, facts, and expert quotes used to support reasons are called

• evidence

• reasons

• claims

• conclusions