Claim or Topic
Is this a topic or a claim?
“Teenagers and summer jobs.”
Topic
Who wrote The Work You Do, The Person You Are?
Toni Morrison
Numbers, percentages, and graphs are called what type of evidence?
Statistics
Appeal to emotion.
Pathos
The sentence that states the main argument of an essay.
Thesis/Main idea
Is this a claim or a topic?
“Teenagers should have summer jobs.”
Claim
Which author argues kids should work during the summer?
Ben Sasse
A short personal story used as evidence.
Anecdote
Appeal to logic or facts.
Logos
In ACES writing, the “C” stands for what?
Cite
A claim must be something people can ______ about.
Disagree
What topic do Morrison and Adkison both discuss?
Work/jobs
True or False: Evidence helps prove a claim.
True
Appeal to credibility or trust.
Ethos
True or False: Evidence should always be explained to connect it back to your claim.
True
Which is stronger?
A) “Summer jobs are good for teens”
B) “Summer jobs help teens learn responsibility”
B
Name an anecdote (personal story) that Adkinson discussed in “Drowning in Dishes, but Finding a Home."
His experience working at Pizza Hut as a teenager
Which is the best evidence?
A) “Jobs are good for teens.”
B) “60% of teens worked in 1978.”
C) Teens need to work to learn important skills.
B
Which appeal uses statistics?
Logos
Words like “however,” “for example,” and “therefore.”
Transitions
The main point an author wants the reader to believe is called the ______.
Claim/Thesis
According to Lexington, what is one reason teenagers are working less than in past decades?
?
Evidence should always support the author’s ______.
Claim
Which appeal tries to make the audience feel sympathy or anger?
Pathos
TAGS includes the title, author, ________ and a statement.
Genre