Methods of Proof

Question 1

Historical Reference

Answer 1

Historical facts, dates, locations, etc. are included in one’s writing in order to make it more objective and tbereby more believable.

Question 2

Illustrations that use contrast

Answer 2

Compare (similarities) and contrast (differences)

Question 3

Statements of opinion and personal belief

Answer 3

Present their own views on certain facts and pass them as statements that should’ve believed or at least considered by the readers (don’t abuse it)

Question 4

Literary References

Answer 4

Names of other books, essays, articles written by other people (intertextuality) and by themselves (intratextuality)

Question 5

Appeal to figures of authority

Answer 5

The opinion, verdicts, points of views of critics, experts and other professional figures

Question 6

Attempt to draw reader into argument

Answer 6

Hooks the reader and then pulls them into the argument of the essay by posing rhetorical questions eliciting a mental response

Question 7

Verifiable fact

Answer 7

Facts, figures, dimensions, locations, and formulae are given that can be double-checked by the reader