ch. 7 making arguments
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Making Arguments
Chapter 7
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Making Arguments
Rhetoric - the art or study of using language effectively and persuasively.
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Making Arguments
Building Blocks of an Argument:
1. The Claim
2. Support
3. Warrant
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Making Arguments
The Claim - Also called a proposition, answers the question "What are you trying to prove?" It can sometimes appear as a thesis statement for your essay.
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Making Arguments
Three Types of Claims:
1. Claims of Fact - assert that a condition has existed, exists, or will exist, and are based on fact or data the audience will accept as being objectively verifiable.
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Making Arguments
Three Types of Claims:
2. Claims of Value - attempt to prove that some things are more or less desirable than others.
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Making Arguments
Three Types of Claims:
3. Claims of Policy - assert that specific policies should be instituted as solutions to problems. The expression should, must, or ought to usually appears in the statement.
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Making Arguments
What makes a good claim?
Not obviousEngagingNot overly vagueLogicalDebatable
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Making Arguments
Support - consists of the materials used by the arguer to convince an audience that her claim is sound.
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Making Arguments
Warrant ?
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Making Arguments
Warrant - is an inference or an assumption, or a belief or principle that is taken for granted. In argument, it bridges the gap between the support and the claim. As an arguer, your warrant is a belief you can assume that you and your audience share.
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Making Arguments - Example
Claim: Adoption of a strictly vegetarian diet leads to healthier and longer life.
Support: The authors of Becoming a Vegetarian Family say so.
What is the Warrant?
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Making Arguments - Example
Claim: Adoption of a strictly vegetarian diet leads to healthier and longer life.
Support: The authors of Becoming a Vegetarian Family say so.
Warrant: The authors of Becoming a Vegetarian Family are reliable sources of information on diet.
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Making Arguments – Example 2
Claim: You should support an increase in federal taxes to pay for educational programs for disadvantaged youths.
Support: Increased funding will help build programs that can help disadvantaged youths get a better education, and stay out of crime.
What is the Warrant?
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Making Arguments – Example 2
Claim: You should support an increase in federal taxes to pay for educational programs for disadvantaged youths.
Support: Increased funding will help build programs that can help disadvantaged youths get a better education, and stay out of crime.
Warrant: It's your moral and ethical responsibility as a citizen to help future generations.
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Assignment for Tuesday
Read Ch. 7 pgs. 210-211 and
234-244.
Work on writing a preliminary draft of your argument.