Finding a Claim

A statement made by an author that asserts an author’s belief.

• Evidence

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Sufficient

Claim: CTA should expand bus services to 24 hours.

Which evidence BEST supports the claim?

• It would allow more people to get night jobs and support their families.

• The bus is too expensive.

• The bus doesn't go everywhere that people want to go.

• Some stores are open 24 hours.

Claim: The government should give a tax credit to people who take public transportation. Which evidence best supports the claim?

• People help the environment by taking trains and busses.

• This would help bus drivers make more money.

• The bus is slow and inefficient.

• Some people like cars better than trains.

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 replied, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• School uniforms can be ordered online.

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

Is this a claim, evidence, or reason?

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reason

Claim

• n original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.

• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  

• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  

• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  

"Food at KFC tastes better than food at McDonalds!"

Is this a claim, evidence or reason?

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reason

Is this a claim, evidence or reason?

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reason

Claim: Schools should have class during the summer.

Which evidence BEST supports the claim?

• It is too hot to stay home.

• Many students can't afford to go on vacation.

• Some students want a summer job.

• Students forget what they learn over the summer break.

Opinion: We should stop making pennies as currency.

Which evidence supports this opinion?

• Pennies honor President Lincoln

• People will sometimes pay more for an item

• It costs more to make a penny than it is worth