IXL | Choose evidence to support a claim

Read the claim below.

Electric cars are superior to gas-powered cars.

Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

Most electric cars require frequent recharges, while gas-powered cars can go hundreds of miles between fill-ups.

Electric cars require much less maintenance than gas-powered cars.

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Read the claim below.

Cooking shows have had a positive effect on American culture.

Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

Instructional cooking shows have influenced and inspired both home cooks and professional chefs to try new cuisines and techniques.

Cooking shows have a long history in the United States, going back to radio shows in the 1920s and 30s.

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.

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This piece of evidence best supports the claim Cooking shows have had a positive effect on American culture:

Instructional cooking shows have influenced and inspired both home cooks and professional chefs to try new cuisines and techniques.

The other piece of evidence does not support the claim:

Cooking shows have a long history in the United States, going back to radio shows in the 1920s and 30s.

This only gives the reader more information about the general topic. It does not explain why the claim is valid.

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