01Tell a claim apart from the evidence and background around itLabel each sentence in a passage as background, evidence, or the claim the evidence supports.
02Find the claim wherever it sits in a passageAsk which sentence the other sentences give reasons for, and mark that sentence as the claim wherever it sits.
03Find evidence for one person’s claim when a passage gives two viewsPick the finding you would expect to see if the person named in the question were right.
04Name the job one sentence does in an argumentPick the choice that says what the sentence does and which claim it supports or sets up.
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