Use specific reasons and evidence to prove your positions or opinion.

Use specific reasons and evidence to prove your positions or opinion.

• A. Summarize the story
• B. Support your claim with reasons and evidence
• C. Trace and evaluate the writer's claim
• D. Analyze the use of a literary device

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is how to argue a point by backing it up with evidence. This item asks you to take a position and defend it with specific reasons and evidence. You would state a clear claim about the topic, then present reasons that support that claim and cite evidence from the text or from your own reasoning to show why those reasons matter. This is the best fit because it focuses on building and supporting an argument, not just retelling events or analyzing how a writer makes a claim. Summarizing would just restate what happened. Tracing and evaluating the writer’s claim would examine the claim itself rather than your own position. Analyzing a literary device looks at technique, not at arguing a stance with evidence. To do it well, offer a clear claim, back it up with one or more strong reasons, and support those reasons with specific evidence—quotes, scenes, or concrete details—that illustrate why your position is valid.

The main idea being tested is how to argue a point by backing it up with evidence. This item asks you to take a position and defend it with specific reasons and evidence. You would state a clear claim about the topic, then present reasons that support that claim and cite evidence from the text or from your own reasoning to show why those reasons matter.

This is the best fit because it focuses on building and supporting an argument, not just retelling events or analyzing how a writer makes a claim. Summarizing would just restate what happened. Tracing and evaluating the writer’s claim would examine the claim itself rather than your own position. Analyzing a literary device looks at technique, not at arguing a stance with evidence.

To do it well, offer a clear claim, back it up with one or more strong reasons, and support those reasons with specific evidence—quotes, scenes, or concrete details—that illustrate why your position is valid.