Claims, Evidence, and Warrants
Statements where a writer claims a belief or interpretation about something
What are claims?
Psycho, Scream, and The Shining are all examples of movies in the _____________ genre.
What is horror?
Go to this website to find books, articles, and more.
What is the CofC library website?
In your introduction, an example of a "cosmic statement" (to be avoided)
e.g. "since the beginning of time," "since the dawn of time," "there are two sides to every issue"
The coolest
What is the squirrel?
the data that supports (or substantiates) a claim
What is evidence?
For Project 3, you are drawing on Lloyd Bitzer's theory of the ______________.
What is the rhetorical situation?
If you're having trouble with your research, a ____________ can help.
What is a librarian?
In your intro, don't include a definition from this type of book
What is a dictionary definition?
The squirrel plays this instrument.
What are the drums?
sentences that connect claims and evidence
What are warrants?
Being a multimodal essay, you must include at least one __________ in your Project 3 essay.
What is a picture?
Make sure to cite your sources in _____________, located at the end of your essay.
What is a Works Cited page?
You want to "wade" your reader into your paper, as opposed to _____________
What is "shoving" your reader into your paper?
The squirrel began to attract all the ______________ attention.
What is the media?
Statistical, experimental, and textual are all types of ____________.
What is evidence?
The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and A Song of Ice and Fire are all examples of books in the ____________ genre.
What is fantasy?
Don't be "spooked" by ____________, simple words (e.g. AND, OR, NOT) used to combine or exclude keywords in a search.
What are boolean operators?
The first part of your conclusion
What is the reiteration?
The squirrel left the ______________ a mess.
What are the hotel rooms?
Used in arrests, or to connect parts of a paragraph.
What are warrants?
Wedding Crashers, Happy Gilmore, and Tommy Boy are all examples of movies in the ______________ genre.
What is comedy?
You may find what you're looking for in a collection of research called a _____________. JSTOR is one example.
What is a database?
The "contextualization" conclusion does this...
"places the author's local argument, topic, or purpose in a more global context"
The squirrel left to form a different band, whose name rhymes with "Pearl Jam"
What is Squirrel Jam?