Analyze how an author develops and supports his claims with evidence

Analyze how an author develops and supports his claims with evidence

In this lesson you will learn how to determine an author’s claims by analyzing supporting evidence.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

STANDARDS

CCSS.RI.9-10.5 Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

TEKS.E2.Figure 19.B make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

TEKS.E2.9.C make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and

TEKS.E2.9.B distinguish among different kinds of evidence (e.g., logical, empirical, anecdotal) used to support conclusions and arguments in texts;

TEKS.E1.10.A analyze the relevance, quality, and credibility of evidence given to support or oppose an argument for a specific audience; and

TEKS.E1.9.D synthesize and make logical connections between ideas and details in several texts selected to reflect a range of viewpoints on the same topic and support those findings with textual evidence.

TEKS.E1.9.C make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and

IN.9-10.RN.3.2 Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text.

FL.LAFS.910.RI.2.5 Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).