Question

How does the writer best use evidence to support the claim? Select three options.

Answer 1

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Read the passage. I am a father who is helping his daughter pay off her student loan of $50,000. That is a lot of money; however, it is a drop in the student-loan bucket that currently holds over $1 trillion of student debt. In fact, 44 million Americans currently owe money on their student loans—a major problem. Without a solution, young adults entering the workforce will do so knowing that their paychecks will be significantly less due to the need to repay their student loans. The government must work to change this. How does the writer best use evidence to support the claim? Select three options. The writer uses empirical evidence by including specific data about student debt and loans. The writer uses empirical evidence by stating the exact amount of debt that his daughter owes. The writer uses logical evidence by claiming that his daughter owes a significant amount of money. The writer uses logical evidence by explaining a reasonable theory about paychecks being less. The writer uses anecdotal evidence by sharing a personal connection to the student debt problem. The writer uses anecdotal evidence by discussing how his daughter’s debt is more than his was.

Answer:

1. The writer uses empirical evidence by including specific data about student debt and loans.
2. The writer uses empirical evidence by stating the exact amount of debt that his daughter owes.
3. The writer uses anecdotal evidence by sharing a personal connection to the student debt problem.

Explanation:

Empirical evidence is that which can be absorbed through the observation and experimentation of an individual, that is, it refers to situations that the individual can confirm because he knows closely and analyzed examples of a particular situation that is being analyzed. In the text above, we can see this kind of evidence when the writer includes specific data on student loans and debts and when he declares the exact amount of debt his daughter owes.

Anecdotal evidence, on the other hand, is the affirmation of something that an individual has heard about, but has no observable data or knows the situation up close, that is, that individual has data from subjective people. This can be found in the text when the writing shares a personal connection with the student's debt problem.