Claims and Reasons
10th Grade · ELA · 20 min
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Learning Objective
I can identify author's claim and reasons.
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Evidence is essentially proof; it is the facts that help you know that something is true.
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Looking back at the text for evidence is the bedrock of any kind of writing; if you make a claim, you have to back it up with evidence.
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The judge decided in favor of the cookie because both sides gave compelling evidence for their arguments.
