Claims in a Text Flashcards
help a writer educate, inform, convince, or
even inspire a reader to take action.
Claims
argumentative in nature, and writers (as well as
speakers) employ various forms of claims in order to put across
their arguments to hopefully convince others that they are right.
Claims
Classification of Claims
Claim of fact, value, policy
presents something as factual or true, but is actually
debatable.
claim of fact
It makes an assertion about something that can be proved or
disproved with factual evidence.
claim of fact
It asserts that something quantifiable has existed, does exist, or
will exist.
claim of fact
It debates whether something is correct or incorrect, valid or
invalid, true or false.
claim of fact
to get your audience to
deny acceptance of some proposed new fact, or to defend the
status quo that something that is a fact should remain so.
claim of fact
asserts qualitative judgments along a good-tobad continuum relating to persons, events, and things, in one’s
environment.
claim of value
It refers to an argument of how important something is.
claim of value
It argues that something is good or bad, or that one thing is
better than another thing.
claim of value
It can also be based on likes or dislikes.
* It requires the use of standards of evaluation
claim of value
Essentially, this is biased because people vary in terms of the things they
cherish or value. However, it remains to be a claim and argumentative in nature
because it may be
true for many people.
argues that certain conditions should exist, or that
something should or should not be done, in order to solve a problem.
claim of policy
It attempts to establish, reinforce, or change a course of action
claim of policy
