Organization and Ideas and Content

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13 questions

Organize Topics from Broadest to Narrowest

Organize Information by Main Idea

Topic Sentences

Thesis Statement

Fact vs. Opinion

Identify Stronger and Weaker Evidence to Support a Claim.

Choosing the Best Evidence to Support a Claim

Identify Evidence in a Text to Support a Claim

Evaluate Counterclaims

Choose the Analysis (Commentary) that Logically Connects the Evidence to the Claim

	Character traits	Education	Career experience
I am a passionate educator and believe wholeheartedly in the importance and benefits of lifelong learning.
From 2005 to 2010, I managed the adult education program at the Hopwood Community Resource Center. My duties included training instructors, designing new courses, and responding to student complaints.
I received my B.A. in English from Colorado College in 1997 and graduated with honors.

	Character traits	Education	Career experience
I am a passionate educator and believe wholeheartedly in the importance and benefits of lifelong learning.
From 2005 to 2010, I managed the adult education program at the Hopwood Community Resource Center. My duties included training instructors, designing new courses, and responding to student complaints.
I received my B.A. in English from Colorado College in 1997 and graduated with honors.

Organization and Ideas and Content

Organization and Ideas and Content

Order the topics from broadest to narrowest.

A person is writing a cover letter for a job. Read the piece of information in each row, then select the section where it fits best.

Which is a thesis statement?

Consider this claim: A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.
Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?

Review the claim and the two pieces of evidence:
A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.

Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?

Consider this claim: Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Select the best evidence to support the statement "Citizens turned to the media to provide clarity and guidance in this uncertain time." There may be more than one correct choice.

Consider this claim: Companies around the world should invest more resources into making advancements in artificial intelligence.

Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.

Claim: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is an important book.
Evidence: Silent Spring helped inspire the environmental movement in America.

Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.

But the following paragraph into the correct order.

Order the topics from broadest to narrowest.

A person is writing a cover letter for a job. Read the piece of information in each row, then select the section where it fits best.

Which is a thesis statement?

Consider this claim: A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.
Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?

Review the claim and the two pieces of evidence:
A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.

Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?

Consider this claim: Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Select the best evidence to support the statement "Citizens turned to the media to provide clarity and guidance in this uncertain time." There may be more than one correct choice.

Consider this claim: Companies around the world should invest more resources into making advancements in artificial intelligence.

Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.

Claim: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is an important book.
Evidence: Silent Spring helped inspire the environmental movement in America.

Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.

But the following paragraph into the correct order.

Organization and Ideas and Content

Organization and Ideas and Content

Order the topics from broadest to narrowest.

A person is writing a cover letter for a job. Read the piece of information in each row, then select the section where it fits best.

Which is a thesis statement?

Consider this claim: A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?

Review the claim and the two pieces of evidence:A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?

Consider this claim: Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Select the best evidence to support the statement "Citizens turned to the media to provide clarity and guidance in this uncertain time." There may be more than one correct choice.

Consider this claim: Companies around the world should invest more resources into making advancements in artificial intelligence.Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.Claim: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is an important book.Evidence: Silent Spring helped inspire the environmental movement in America.Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.

But the following paragraph into the correct order.

Order the topics from broadest to narrowest.

A person is writing a cover letter for a job. Read the piece of information in each row, then select the section where it fits best.

Which is a thesis statement?

Consider this claim: A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?

Review the claim and the two pieces of evidence:A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?

Consider this claim: Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Select the best evidence to support the statement "Citizens turned to the media to provide clarity and guidance in this uncertain time." There may be more than one correct choice.

Consider this claim: Companies around the world should invest more resources into making advancements in artificial intelligence.Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.Claim: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is an important book.Evidence: Silent Spring helped inspire the environmental movement in America.Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.

But the following paragraph into the correct order.

Consider this claim: A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.
Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?

Review the claim and the two pieces of evidence:
A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.

Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?

Consider this claim: Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Consider this claim: Companies around the world should invest more resources into making advancements in artificial intelligence.

Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.

Claim: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is an important book.
Evidence: Silent Spring helped inspire the environmental movement in America.

Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.

Consider this claim: A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.
Which piece of evidence better supports this claim?

Review the claim and the two pieces of evidence:
A meal is more satisfying if someone else cooks it.

Why is Evidence A stronger than Evidence B?

Consider this claim: Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

Consider this claim: Companies around the world should invest more resources into making advancements in artificial intelligence.

Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim?

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.

Claim: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is an important book.
Evidence: Silent Spring helped inspire the environmental movement in America.

Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.