Finding the Claim
  • 1. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Everyone should stop eating meet and become a vegetarian.
B) Meat provides more iron than vegetables do.
C) Vegetarians are less likely to get heart disease.
  • 2. Which of the following is a claim?
A) College didn't used to cost as much as it does now.
B) All Americans should be able to go to college for free.
C) Most college students have debt making it hard to go to college.
  • 3. Which of the following is a claim?
A) The Franklin Public Library in Massachusetts was the first library ever built.
B) Libraries can loan you books, movies, and magazines for free.
C) Libraries are useful for conducting research.
  • 4. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Limiting the president to two terms, may prevent better leaders from office.
B) Allowing more than two terms gives the president too much power.
C) The U.S. president should be able to serve more than two terms.
  • 5. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Speed limits prevent dangerous accidents.
B) You must be 16 years old to drive in most states.
C) All streets need speed limits.
  • 6. What is a claim?
A) An author's topic sentence and opinion about a topic.
B) A sentence that tells how the opposing side feels.
C) A sentence in the middle of a paragraph or essay.
  • 7. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Credit cards charge interest and fees.
B) People should pay with cash rather than credit cards.
C) Credit cards encourage people to spend money they sometimes don't have.
  • 8. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Texting while driving is dangerous.
B) Texting causes drivers to be distracted and often crash into things.
C) Texting causes the driver to have their eyes off of the road rather than on it.
  • 9. Which of the following is a claim?
A) People should adopt dogs from shelters rather than buy them from breeders.
B) Dogs from breeders cost more money.
C) Dogs from shelters often need a home more desperately than dogs from the breeder.
D) Dogs from the shelters can be unpredictable.
  • 10. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Everyone should have a savings account.
B) Money in a savings account can earn interest, or more money than you had.
C) Some people have more than one savings account.
D) Some banks charge a fee to have a savings account.
  • 11. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Getting rid of art helps schools have more money for math and science programs.
B) Some students like to paint and work with clay during art class.
C) Art helps foster creativity in students.
D) Schools need to keep their art programs.
  • 12. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Woodpeckers help the forest by breaking down dead trees.
B) Woodpeckers can be a real problem.
C) Woodpeckers make noise when they tap on trees.
D) Some Woodpeckers have bright red feathers on their heads.
  • 13. Which of the following is a claim?
A) It is difficult to fix mistakes in a hand written letter.
B) Handwritten letters are better than e-mails.
C) It is exciting to receive letters in the mail.
D) E-mails are boring and too similar to a text message.
  • 14. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Boys and girls should be separated in school.
B) Boys and girls won't learn to interact with each other if they are separated.
C) Boys and girls eat together in the cafeteria.
D) Boys and girls can distract each other during class time.
  • 15. Which of the following is a claim?
A) Colorado has 3 national parks to visit.
B) Colorado is the best state for hikers and campers.
C) Colorado has 53 mountain peaks that are 14,000 feet or taller.
D) There are many outdoors activities to do while visiting Colorado.
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