Vocab
Evidence
DOLs
Giving Examples
Random
100
This is the term that describes an author's opinion on an issue
What is claim?
100
This type of evidence relies on numbers to prove a point.
What are statistics?
100
What punctuation mark do we use when we have at least 3 items in a list?
What is a comma?
100
Give an example of a statistic.
What is any evidence that uses numbers to prove a point
100
This author wrote both "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
This is a debate over a certain issue.
What is an argument?
200
This type of evidence usually involves quoting.
What is textual evidence?
200
Which group do you never need to capitalize: days of the week; months of the year; seasons of the year; holidays?
What is seasons of the year?
200
Give an example of a claim.
What is any opinion on an issue.
200
This is the name of the two cobras in "Rikki Tikki Tavi."
Who are Nag and Nagaina?
300
This is how you back up your claims and reasons.
What is evidence?
300
This is a person who is a specialist in a particular area.
What is an expert?
300
What is the term for words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings?
What are homophones?
300
Give an example of expert opinion.
What is anything that includes an opinion from a specialist in their particular field.
300
This is what the Raven kept repeating to the narrator in "The Raven."
What is "nevermore!"
400
This type of example can be understood by everyone.
What is an universal example?
400
These are situations that prove your claim or show it in action.
What is an example?
400
You use the word "an" when...
What is when the next word begins with a vowel?
400
Give an example of a counterclaim to the following claim: summer is the best season of the year.
Winter is the best season of the year OR summer is the worst season of the year
400
Since 2000, this singer has had more #1 hits than any other artist.
Who is Rihanna?
500
These are why your claim is correct. They also usually are facts.
What are reasons?
500
"John Clay is a scientist who studies space. He believes that humans will live on other planets in less than 200 years." What type of evidence is this?
What is expert opinion?
500
Why do we put a comma in the following sentence: Today, we are playing a game to review for the midterm?
It is an introductory word/phrase.
500
Give an example of a set of homophones (include every word)
What is any two/three words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
500
This movie made more money at the box office than any other movie in history.
What is Avatar?