Reasons and Evidence to support Claims and Points

​ELA Standards: 
RI.4.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

​Here are the steps to identifying author's points, reasons, and evidence.

 To accurately explain an author's reasons and evidence we need to first know what is the author's opinion on the subject and what is provable facts. Let's review fact and opinion.

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