An unsupported claim is highlighted in the passage stating that the text does not meet certain writing standards without providing evidence or specific examples. This absence of evidence or specific references makes the claim unsupported.
The student's question relates to the identification of an unsupported claim in a given text from a reading selection. When tasked with identifying unsupported claims, one should look for assertions in the text that lack the necessary evidence or credibility to substantiate the claim being made. One passage that stands out in this regard is:
“The text does not adhere to the 'Editing Focus' of this chapter: using transitional words and phrases, as discussed in Section 10.6. The text also shows little to no evidence of the writer's intent to consciously meet or challenge conventional expectations in rhetorically effective ways.”
This excerpt makes a claim about the text's lack of adherence to certain writing standards but doesn't provide any specific examples or analyses to support the critique. This is an unsupported claim because it lacks direct quotations, paraphrasing from the text, or other forms of evidence that would allow the reader to see how the claim is grounded in the text itself.
The probable question may be:
Can you identify and explain an unsupported claim in the given passage about the text's adherence to writing standards?