Claim
What is a claim?
A clear statement that expresses the writer’s main argument or position in an essay.
This rhetorical appeal relies on logic, facts, statistics, and clear reasoning to persuade an audience.
Logos
This type of evidence uses numbers, percentages, and measurable data to support a claim.
Statistics
Define "purpose"
The REASON why someone is writing their essay.
What novel did we read during the first quarter of the school year?
A Doll's House
In most essays, the claim is usually found in this part of the paper.
Introduction or first paragraph
This appeal persuades an audience by triggering emotions such as fear, happiness, guilt, or sympathy.
Pathos
This type of evidence comes directly from a text and includes the exact words of an author in quotation marks.
Direct Quote
Define "audience"
The people who will read your writing.
What is the number rule in this class?
No phones allowed!
What is the primary purpose of a claim in an argumentative essay.
To state the writer’s position or argument.
This rhetorical appeal is established when a speaker demonstrates credibility, trustworthiness, or expertise.
Ethos
This kind of evidence is based on personal stories or individual experiences rather than large-scale data.
Story/Anecdotal Evidence
Define the term "bias"
Unfair, or prejudiced in favor for or against something based
When writing an argumentative essay, you must include a counterclaim?
Yes! or True!
The claim is also known as what?
Thesis or Thesis Statement
When a commercial shows images of sad animals to make viewers feel sympathy and donate money, it is primarily using this rhetorical appeal.
Pathos
When a writer cites a peer-reviewed study from Harvard University to support a claim, they are using this type of evidence.
Expert or Authoritative Evidence
Define "persuade"
To convince
What is the name of Dante's guide in Dante's Inferno?
Virgil
A well-written claim should include a clear position and.....
Main supporting points (or reasons)
In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King Jr. strengthens his argument by referencing the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence... What appeal is he using?
Logos
What makes evidence "sufficient"?
You can say:
relevant to the claim
credible and reliable
clearly supports the argument
Define "counterclaim"
A point that is in opposition to the point you are arguing
What was the name of the fireman Montag set up in Part 3 by putting a book inside his home in the middle of the night?
Mr.Black