Types of Argumentative Claims

Decreasing carbon dioxide emissions from car exhaust, manufacturing processes, fertilizers, and landfills, while slowing deforestation, may help slow the process of global warming.

• Claim of fact

• Claim of value

• Claim of policy

• Claim of definition

• Claim of cause and effect

Private schools are better than public schools.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect

We should stop spending so much on prisons and start spending more on education.

• Fact

• Value

• Policy

• Definition

• Cause and effect

The fetus is a human being, not just a group of cells.

• Fact

• Value

• Policy

• Definition

• Cause and effect

Crime is caused by lack of family values.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect

The basic keys to success are perseverance and discipline.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect

Parents should not only be aware of how their children are using social media, but also understand the potential positive and negative impacts of social media use.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect

Vaping can lead to increased blood pressure, lung disease, and insulin resistance.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect

Some so-called art exhibits could more accurately be described as food exhibits.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect

Sending infants to day care results in psychological problems later in life.

• Fact

• Policy

• Value

• Definition

• Cause and effect