CLAIM
What is a claim
This includes facts, statistics, or examples used to support a claim
What is evidence?
This explains why an author wrote a text
What is the author’s purpose?
This refers to the author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
This type of sentence expresses a complete thought with a subject and a verb.
What is a complete sentence?
This type of statement is NOT a claim because it cannot be argued or disagreed with
What is a fact?
This type of evidence comes from research studies or expert sources
what is strong (credible) evidence?
This type of purpose focuses on giving facts and information to the reader.
What is to inform?
This occurs when an author favors one side of an issue.
What is bias?
This error occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or verb.
What is a fragment?
This describes a claim that is clearly stated in the text rather than implied.
What is an explicit claim?
This type of evidence includes personal stories or opinions that are not reliable
What is weak evidence?
This type of purpose tries to convince the reader to agree with a point of view.
What is to persuade?
This type of tone presents information without strong emotion or opinion.
What is neutral tone?
This error occurs when two complete sentences are joined incorrectly without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
This occurs when the reader must figure out the author's claim using clues from the text
what is an implied claim?
This occurs when evidence directly supports the claim being made
What is relevant evidence?
This occurs when an author presents facts but also tries to influence the reader’s opinion.
What is to inform and persuade?
This type of language uses strong emotional words to influence the reader.
What is loaded language?
This punctuation mark correctly joins two related complete sentences.
What is a semicolon?
This is a key characteristic of a strong claim: it can reasonably be supported with evidence and debated
What is a debatable claim?
This occurs when evidence is true but does not actually support the claim
What is irrelevant evidence?
This type of incorrect answer happens when a reader confuses tone with purpose.
What is misidentifying tone as purpose?
This occurs when an author presents only one perspective and ignores opposing viewpoints.
What is bias (one-sided argument)?
This error occurs when a comma is incorrectly used to join two complete sentences.
What is a comma splice?