Question

What is a claim?
A) a statement that responds to and defends against something
B) a statement that takes a stand on controversial issue
C) an analysis of a controversial issue using arguments
D) an analysis of a personal situation using opinions

Answer 1

A) a statement that responds to and defends against something. A claim is a statement that’s arguable, but used to support or prove an argument.

Answer 2

The best definition of a claim based on the available options is:

• B) a statement that takes a stand on controversial issue

A claim is a statement about something which is not yet verified and needs to be validated through the use of supporting evidence.

With this in mind, we can see that this hows that a claim either supports or argues against a particular statement, and would have to make use of supporting evidence to validate it.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B

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