What is a claim?
Types of evidence
Good vs Bad evidence
Claim + evidence
Simple argument skills
100

The main idea an author is trying to prove.

What is a claim?

100

Numbers used to support a claim

What are statistics?

100
Evidence that matches the claim is this

What is relevant?

100

Evidence supports this

What is the claim?
100

The authors opinion is the 

What is the claim?

200

A statement you can argue about

What is a claim?

200

A short personal story used as proof

What is an anecdote

200

Evidence from a trusted source is this

What is credible?

200

Evidence that doesnt match is this

What is irrelevant?

200

Proof used in writing is called

What is evidence?
300

A claim that says something is good or bad

What is a value claim?

300

Information from an expert

What is expert evidence?

300

Old evidence is not thus

What is current?

300

Explains how evidence supports the claim

What is reasoning?

300

No evidence makes writing this

What is weak?
400

A claim that says something should happen

What is a policy claim?

400

Facts that can be proven

What is factual evidence?
400

One-sided evidence is not this

What is fair

400

Missing this makes evidence confusing

What is explanation?

400

Good evidence makes writing this

What is strong?

500

A claim that says something is true or false

What is a fact claim?

500

Evidence that makes sense and uses logic

What is logical evidence?

500

You need enough evidence; this is called this

What is sufficient?
500

Strong evidence makes a claim more this

What is convincing?

500

Bad evidence can hurt the author's

What is credibility?