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This document defines key terms related to analyzing arguments and making claims: - A policy claim persuades the reader to take action or change behavior to solve a problem. - A claim is the thesis statement of a text and should be argumentative, debatable, interesting, and specific. - A counterclaim gives an opposing perspective. - Evidence supports the thesis with details. - Types of assertions include conventions, preferences, opinions, and facts.

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This document defines key terms related to analyzing arguments and making claims: - A policy claim persuades the reader to take action or change behavior to solve a problem. - A claim is the thesis statement of a text and should be argumentative, debatable, interesting, and specific. - A counterclaim gives an opposing perspective. - Evidence supports the thesis with details. - Types of assertions include conventions, preferences, opinions, and facts.

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Vocabulary check Policy – this claims to persuade you to take some action

or change a behavior usually to solve a problem.


Claim- The thesis statement of a text. A good claim is
both argumentative and debatable and should also be Examples:
interesting and engaging. Most importantly, it also Teachers should use social media in their lessons to
needs to be specific and logical. keep students interested.
A social code is necessary in order t build a national and
Counterclaim - a statement that gives contrasting spiritual reconstruction.
perspective.

Assertion - a sentence that tells something is either true Value- a claim that deals with moral, philosophical or
or false. aesthetic topics. The value claim attempts to persuade
you to approve or disapprove of something.
Evidences-these are details that support the thesis
statement of text. Examples:
Men are from mars. Women are from Venus.
Reading strategies Men are born sinners.
DOTA is a very intellectual and entertaining game.
Scanning-a type of reading when you are looking for
specific information. Type of Assertions
Convention- when an assertion is made and something
Previewing- looking for the readily visible parts of a is done.
text. Examples: Another name for social media is Web 2.0
because both terms emphasize the social aspects of the
Implicit - suggested ideas. internet.
Teachers face numerous problems today.
Denotation - the exact, literal, basic, precise meaning Men are born sinners.
of a word. Denotation is the basic, precise, literal meaning of the
word.
Free writing - a pre writing strategy where the force of
narration is to draw a stream of ideas from the writer's Preference - when the assertion is based on a personal
mind. choice
Example: DOTA is a very intellectual and entertaining
Brainstorming - a pre-writing strategy where you list game.
down everything.
Opinion- an assertion that is difficult to objectively
Outlining - pre-writing strategy that serves as the verify because of the uncertainty of producing
satisfactory proofs of soundness.
backbone of a written text.
Examples:Men are from mars. Women are from Venus.
Types of claims Teachers should use social media in their lessons to
keep students interested.
Fact- a claim that tells of a measurable topic. A fact is A social code is necessary in order t build a national and
something that can be proven by direct experience, spiritual reconstruction.
testimonies from witnesses and/or verified
observations. Fact- something that can be proven by direct
Examples: experience, testimonies from witnesses and/or verified
Denotation is the basic, precise, literal meaning of the observations.
word.
Teachers have numerous problems today. Example: Today’s Filipinos have lost their power for
Smoking causes cancer. growth because they live in easier circumstances.

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