Arguments and Claims

What is a Claim?

• The new restaurant in tow

• The Thesis/Main Idea

• The other side's idea

• What I want to happen

What is a Counterclaim?

• The Thesis/Main Idea

• The reason for living

• The other side's idea

• A new kind of surfboard

Select all that apply: Which of these can be used as evidence?

• Evidence

• Opinions

• Findings

• Facts

Evidence needs to ____ the claim and ____ the counterclaim.

• Refute and Support

• Support and Refute

• Agree and Disagree

• Disagree and Agree

True or False: Your argument needs to refute the other side.

• True

• False

True or False: You should always start with an emotional appeal.

• True

• False

What are the three ways to use evidence?

• Direct Quotations

• Summaries

• Paraphrases

• To place on the Works Cited Page

Where do we cite our evidence? (Select Two)

• Works Cited page

• We don't need to

• In-text Citations

• Before we introduce the evidence

Which of these is NOT a Boolean term?

• AND

• IF

• OR

• NOT

Which part of the PAARC method do you want to know more about?

• Purpose

• Authority

• Accuracy

• Relevancy

• Currency