Reading & WritingChapter 3: Command of Evidence
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3-1: What is a claim?
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An assertion, conclusion, hypothesis, interpretation, or point that can be evaluated with evidence.
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3-1: What is evidence?
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An observation, result, example, quotation, measurement, or comparison that bears on a claim.
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3-1: Claim versus restatement?
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A claim proposes; a restatement repeats. Neither becomes evidence until an independent finding evaluates it.
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3-1: Does evidence need the claim's exact words?
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No. It needs a meaningful logical connection to the claim's required relationship.
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3-1: Coating reduces absorption. What evidence is direct?
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Otherwise similar coated samples absorb less water than uncoated samples.
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3-1: Why is coating color weak evidence for absorption?
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Color shares the object but does not measure water absorption.
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3-1: What comes before support versus weaken?
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Relevance: decide whether the finding actually bears on the claim.
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3-1: Can one observation be evidence?
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Yes, if it directly bears on the claim, though its strength and scope may be limited.
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3-1: Same topic means relevant evidence—true or false?
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False. Topic overlap without the claimed relationship is a classic trap.
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3-1: What does an evidence map contain?
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Claim → required relationship → relevant observation or finding.
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3-1: What official SAT skill contains this topic?
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Information and Ideas → Command of Evidence. This topic is an internal teaching subdivision, not a separate official skill.
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3-1: Is this Textual or Quantitative practice?
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Primarily Command of Evidence—Textual.
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3-1: What is the central focus?
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separating the assertion being evaluated from the observation used to evaluate it
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3-1: What does relevant evidence look like?
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A matched comparison that measures the exact outcome and condition named in the claim.
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3-1: Give an irrelevant-evidence pattern.
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A detail about the same object that measures a different property.
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3-1: What scope rule matters most?
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Keep the population, condition, outcome, and degree of certainty stated in the claim.
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3-1: What verification step prevents errors?
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Ask whether the evidence would change the claim's credibility if it were true.
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3-1: Support means prove—true or false?
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False. Evidence may strengthen or be consistent with a claim without establishing certainty.
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3-1: What is the minimum-assumption rule?
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Prefer the evidence that reaches the supplied claim most directly with the fewest unstated bridges.
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3-1: Command of Evidence versus Inferences?
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Command of Evidence gives the claim and asks for evidence; Inferences gives evidence and asks for the conclusion.
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