1. Argumentation

2. CLAIM States your position on an issue.

3. Good claims are…
Engaging
Specific
Logical

4. Claim Examples
Though they seem mere entertainment,
Hollywood movies are actually
responsible for reinforcing cultural
stereotypes in America.

5. EVIDENCE Support for your claim

6. Evidence can include…
Facts and statistics
Expert opinion
Primary research
Personal anecdote

7. Evidence example…
Last year the State of Minnesota spent
$$$ million dollars promoting their
state-run lottery through ads
focusing on the contributions made
to environmental funds (Cary).
Churches have used raffles, bingo
nights, and even card tournaments
as fundraisers for years.

8. WARRANT Interprets the data and shows how it supports the
claim. It is usually a generally accepted rule.

9. A Good Warrant …
will be a reasonable interpretation
and analysis of the facts.
will not make illogical interpretive
leaps.
will not assume more than the
evidence supports.
may consider and respond to possible
counter-arguments.

10. An Example of a Warrant …
Citizens look at the amount of time and
effort devoted to promoting gambling-
related activities by their government
and churches and assume that this is a
legitimate and even risk-free activity
with little social stigma attached. If the
state and church rely on these funds to
survive, gambling may even be regarded
as a social service: the more money
they lose, the more they’re helping
others.

11. Remarks from the President in State of
the Union Address
We gather tonight knowing that this generation of
heroes has made the United States safer and more
respected around the world. For the first time in
nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq.
For the first time in two decades, Osama Bin Laden
is not a threat to this country. Most of al Qaeda’s
top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban’s
momentum has been broken, and some troops in
Afghanistan have begun to come home.