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Unit 2 · Skill module

Claims and Evidence

A claim is a contestable sentence. Evidence is material. Commentary is the work that joins them.

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Topics

  • Defensible claims
  • Types of evidence
  • Commentary
  • Concession and qualification

Lessons

Key terms

Original practice

Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.

1 of 1Claims and evidence · easy · short answer

A student claims that later school start times improve teen alertness. Describe one type of evidence that would strengthen the claim and one type that would be too weak by itself.

Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.

Take your time—this is practice, not a test.

Review checklist

  1. 01Underline the claim so it is not hiding in a summary.
  2. 02Pair each piece of evidence with a sentence of commentary.
  3. 03Note what the evidence cannot prove.

Related resources

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    AP English Language and Composition course page

    Official skills framework for rhetoric, argument, and synthesis.

    College Board · All rights reserved · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source

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    English Composition: Connect, Collaborate, Communicate

    Open composition text for writing process, argument, and revision.

    Open Textbook Library listing · CC BY · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source