Claim: the new bike racks cut the number of cars in the school's drop-off line. Which piece of the writer's support does not bear on that claim?

A writer argues that the town pool should stay open through September. Which fact bears on that claim?

A student argues the cafeteria should serve breakfast and offers: forty students arrive before 7:30; twelve say they skip breakfast; the room was remodeled in 2019; the nearest store is a mile away. Which does not bear on the claim?

Claim: the library's Saturday tutoring program raises reading scores. Which piece of support is about something other than the claim?

A student council member argues for a later start time. An opponent answers, "She only wants this because she stays up late playing video games." How does that reply respond to the argument?

A writer defends the claim that the school's recycling program is working. Three of her four facts measure what the program has done. Which one does not?

A writer claims the buses on Route 12 are usually late, and offers as support that his bus was nine minutes late on Tuesday. What is the problem with that support?

A writer claims most students at Bell High walk to school. She asked the eleven students in her first-period class and found that seven of them walk. What is true of her support?

A writer counted 32 cars speeding past her house on one Friday afternoon. Which claim can that count support on its own?

An editorial claims a new math app works for everyone who tries it. Its only support is one student's report that his grade rose from a C to an A. Why can that support not carry the claim as written?

Claim: students at Ridge Middle skip lunch because the line is too long. Which support would be enough to carry that claim?

"Test scores rose the year the school added tutoring, so the tutoring raised the scores." What has the writer assumed without showing it?

"Nine of the ten people leaving the gym said they exercise daily, so most people in this town exercise daily." What must be true for that reasoning to hold?

"The new library card system is popular: card signups doubled in the month after it launched." What is the writer assuming?

"Riverton banned phones in class and its test scores rose. Our school should ban phones to raise ours." The argument depends on which unstated idea?

"Only four families complained about the new bus route, so nearly everyone is satisfied with it." The reasoning works only if which of these is true?

An editorial argues that Grove Avenue needs brighter streetlights because crashes there doubled last year. Which finding would most weaken it?

A student argues that late buses are causing tardiness, since 30 students were marked tardy in September. Which finding would most strengthen the argument?

Claim: the after-school club raises its members' grades. Support: members average a 3.4 GPA while the school averages 3.0. Which finding would most weaken the claim?

A writer argues the town should add a Saturday bus, since sixty workers on Grove Avenue have no way to reach the mill on weekends. Which finding would most strengthen the argument?