IXL | Choose evidence to support a claim

Read the claim below.

Boxing should be banned as a professional sport.

Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

Boxing glamorizes aggression and physical violence against other people.

Boxing promotes discipline, increases self-esteem, and encourages physical fitness.

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Read the claim below.

Fishing is a great way to relax and enjoy the outdoors.

Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

Many anglers find that fishing promotes both patience and care for the natural world.

Fishing requires the use of special equipment as well as access to a clean body of water.

key idea

A claim is a statement of a writer's argument, position, or opinion. When you make a claim in a piece of writing, you should also give evidence, or details, to support that claim. Strong evidence should show why your claim is valid or true.

Claim: Reinhold Messner is the greatest mountaineer of all time.

Evidence: Reinhold Messner was the first person to successfully climb all fourteen of the world's eight-thousand-meter peaks.

Evidence does not provide strong support if it contradicts or opposes your claim:

red X symbol, Reinhold Messner does not hold the record for the most successful summits of Mount Everest, which currently stands at twenty-one.

Evidence does not provide strong support if it is off-topic or doesn't address why your claim is true:

red X symbol, Reinhold Messner was born in northern Italy and spent much of the early part of his life climbing the peaks of the Alps.

solution

This piece of evidence best supports the claim Fishing is a great way to relax and enjoy the outdoors:

Many anglers find that fishing promotes both patience and care for the natural world.

The other piece of evidence does not support the claim:

Fishing requires the use of special equipment as well as access to a clean body of water.

This helps support a claim that is different from the writer's.

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