Claims
Evidence
Claims or Evidence?
100

Is the following sentence a claim?

I think online learning is boring

NO. this is an OPINION

100

True or False:

"Online learning is effective" is evidence

FALSE. That is a CLAIM

100

A study from The University of Illinois shows that workers listening to music had a 6.3% increase in productivity.


EVIDENCE

200

Is the following a claim?


 Online learning is effective

YES. The person from the article we read stated this claim and then used evidence to support it. 

200

True or false:

Evidence includes research, studies, data, person or place who is a researcher, facts, numbers, percentages, and quotations 

TRUE

200

A statement you are making or declaring. 

A claim

300

Is the following a claim? 

 “Each 12-ounce serving of soda a person consumes each day raises type 2 diabetes risk by 10 to 15 percent, and many Americans are consuming five or six servings.”

NO. This is EVIDENCE

300

Name the evidence. 

Video games are also a waste of time. To get a high score, you have to play a game for hours and hours. Studies show that most boys waste two hours a day on the games. Since we're in school for only six and a half hours a day, we should spend that time learning, not playing games.

"Studies show that most boys waste two hours a day on games"

300

Each 12-ounce serving of soda a person consumes each day raises type 2 diabetes risk by 10 to 15 percent

Evidence

400

Name the claim from this paragraph:

A lot of people, especially young people, go through the day without having breakfast. Many people believe that it is not necessary, or say they don't have time for it, and begin their day with no meal. Everyone should eat breakfast before going to their activities.

People should eat breakfast. 

400

Give a piece of EVIDENCE for why online learning is effective 

Give example

400

Harrison High School has the hardest working students. 

Claim 
500

What is the claim? 

Chocolate ice-cream is the favorite in the U.S. A survey from Safeway grocery stores show that consumers purchased chocolate ice-cream 70% more often than any other choice.

Chocolate ice-cream is a favorite in the U.S. 

500

What is the evidence?

 In addition, it is impractical to enforce an absolute ban on cell phones in school. In a recent survey, this newspaper learned that 67% of the students in school own cellular phones, and more than half of these students carry these phones to school, despite the ban.

"In a recent survey, this newspaper learned that 67% of the students in school own cellular phones, and more than half of these students carry these phones to school, despite the ban"

500

 "Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact, so toxic to the human body that they should be   regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide,"

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