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