The main idea an author is trying to prove.
What is a claim?
Numbers used to support a claim
What are statistics?
What is relevant?
Evidence supports this
The authors opinion is the
What is the claim?
A statement you can argue about
What is a claim?
A short personal story used as proof
What is an anecdote
Evidence from a trusted source is this
What is credible?
Evidence that doesnt match is this
What is irrelevant?
Proof used in writing is called
A claim that says something is good or bad
What is a value claim?
Information from an expert
What is expert evidence?
Old evidence is not thus
What is current?
Explains how evidence supports the claim
What is reasoning?
No evidence makes writing this
A claim that says something should happen
What is a policy claim?
Facts that can be proven
One-sided evidence is not this
What is fair
Missing this makes evidence confusing
What is explanation?
Good evidence makes writing this
What is strong?
A claim that says something is true or false
What is a fact claim?
Evidence that makes sense and uses logic
What is logical evidence?
You need enough evidence; this is called this
Strong evidence makes a claim more this
What is convincing?
Bad evidence can hurt the author's
What is credibility?