Claim or evidence? Teachers become more effective the longer they remain in their jobs.
Claim. This can be debated.
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Claim or Evidence? Each year, students are required to take end of the year exams called standardized tests..
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Claim or evidence? The legal voting age should be reduced to 16 because many teens understand the political system and are capable of choosing their leader.
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Claim or evidence? Veterinarians report that declawed cats can experience phantom pain for years after the procedure.
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Give points!
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Double points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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Claim or evidence? Students should be required to pass a content exam in order to move to the next grade.
Claim
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baam
Lose 5 points!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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thief
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trap
No points!
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rocket
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rocket
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baam
Lose 20 points!
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True or false? A counterclaim should be in a paragraph by itself?
False
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Claim or evidence? Teachers should be required to retire after age 60.
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Is this a good claim for your paper? Yes or no and explain. I hope you understand by the end of this paper that capital punishment is wrong and needs to stop happening.
No. The topic is good and writer takes a stance but the voice is informal- "I hope you..."
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Claim or evidence? Video games can provide both enjoyment and health benefits.
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A claim that provides the overall message of your paper is called a ________Â ________?
thesis statement
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Claim or evidence? Schools should reduce the number of standardized tests students are required to take.
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A claim is...
an opinion that could be debated by two or more reasonable people.