Read the claim from an argumentative essay.

Graffiti art deserves to be treated like "real” art because, like other types of art, it has its own unique style, contains artistic elements like color and composition, and expresses the emotions and viewpoints of the artists.

Which statement offers the best evidence to support the claim?

The use of spray paint to create original lettering has art critics impressed.
One art professor said, “Actually, graffiti art isn’t on our curriculum this year.”
“I prefer classic art, but I’ve seen a lot of graffiti art,” said a gallery owner.
Last year, our art class took a walking tour of graffiti art in a nearby city.

Explanation: a claim is a statement or an assert that something is true. When writing an argumentative essay, we need to make sure that we include evidence to support our claim, this evidence can be examples, statistics or facts, preferible from a reliable source. From the given options, the one that offers the best evidence to support the claim that graffiti art deserves to be treated like "real” art, is option A: "The use of spray paint to create original lettering has art critics impressed," because it includes an example of how art critics (experts in art) were impressed by a type of graffiti.