Question
Read this Excerpt from Chapter 20:
Atticus was halfway through his speech to the jury. He had evidently pulled some papers from his briefcase that rested beside his chair, because they were on his table. Tom Robinson was toying with them.
“…absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life…”
I punched Jem. “How long’s he been at it?”
“He’s just gone over the evidence,” Jem whispered, “and we’re gonna win, Scout. I don’t see how we can’t. He’s been at it ‘bout five minutes. He made it as plain and easy as—well, as I’da explained it to you. You could’ve understood it, even.””
The word corroborative comes from the Latin root "robur", meaning strength.
Based on the passage and the root meaning, what does corroborative most likely mean?
Responses
Evidence that strengthens or supports a claim
Evidence that strengthens or supports a claim
Evidence that distracts the jury from the truth
Evidence that distracts the jury from the truth
Evidence that is confusing or unclear
Evidence that is confusing or unclear EndFragment
Evidence that weakens an argument
Atticus was halfway through his speech to the jury. He had evidently pulled some papers from his briefcase that rested beside his chair, because they were on his table. Tom Robinson was toying with them.
“…absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life…”
I punched Jem. “How long’s he been at it?”
“He’s just gone over the evidence,” Jem whispered, “and we’re gonna win, Scout. I don’t see how we can’t. He’s been at it ‘bout five minutes. He made it as plain and easy as—well, as I’da explained it to you. You could’ve understood it, even.””
The word corroborative comes from the Latin root "robur", meaning strength.
Based on the passage and the root meaning, what does corroborative most likely mean?
Responses
Evidence that strengthens or supports a claim
Evidence that strengthens or supports a claim
Evidence that distracts the jury from the truth
Evidence that distracts the jury from the truth
Evidence that is confusing or unclear
Evidence that is confusing or unclear EndFragment
Evidence that weakens an argument
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Based on the passage and the root meaning of "corroborative," the word most likely means:
**Evidence that strengthens or supports a claim.**
**Evidence that strengthens or supports a claim.**