Question

• easily agreed or disagreed
• based on opinion, not fact

examples
claim: every teenager should have a cellphone.

• based on opinion
• easily agreed or disagreed upon

not a claim: many teenagers have a cellphone.

• based on a fact
• difficult to effectively argue against

which of the following is a claim?
the great gatsby is a great book that everyone should read.
nick carraway is the narrator in the great gatsby.
the great gatsby takes place in the 1920s.

Explanation:

A claim is based on opinion and can be easily agreed or disagreed with. "The Great Gatsby is a great book that everyone should read" is an opinion - different people may have different views on whether it's a great book or if everyone should read it. "Nick Carraway is the narrator in The Great Gatsby" and "The Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920s" are facts. They can be verified (by reading the book for the first one and through historical and literary research for the second one) and are not based on opinion. So, only "The Great Gatsby is a great book that everyone should read" is a claim.

Answer:

A. The Great Gatsby is a great book that everyone should read.