Toulmin Model

The explanations that connect the parts of an argument. Answers the question, "Why does your evidence support the claim?"

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Conditions of Rebuttal

• Modal Qualifier

Match the following definition with its term: Also called evidence, data, the “facts,” support, or reasoning of the

argument. These answer the question, “What’s your proof?”

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Conditions of Rebuttal

• Modal Qualifier

The conclusions or the positions. A basic argument consists of a ________ and stated reason.

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Conditions of Rebuttal

• Modal Qualifier

Match the following definition with its term: Arguments against or limiting the scope of the claim. These answer the question, “In what situations is your claim not true?”

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Conditions of Rebuttal

• Modal Qualifier

When crafting an argument, if your audience is likely to question your assumptions, you should...

• provide more grounds for your claim

• state your warrant explicitly

• make your modal qualifier more limiting

• prepare a counter argument for an anticipated rebuttal

Use __________ as additional support if readers are likely to doubt the reasoning in your warrant.

• backing

• evidence

• data

• facts

Match this term to its definition: Backing

• Statements that serve to support the warrants (i.e., arguments that don't necessarily prove the main point being argued, but which do prove the warrants are true.)

• The facts or evidence used to prove the argument

• The general, hypothetical (and often implicit) assumptions that serve as bridges between the claim and the data.

• Statements that limit the strength of the argument or statements that propose the conditions under which the argument is true

• Counter-arguments or statements indicating circumstances when the general argument does not hold true.

In the Toulmin Model, what is the term for the statement that connects the claim and the evidence?

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Rebuttal

Which component of the Toulmin Model is described as the 'facts' or 'evidence' supporting the argument?

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Rebuttal

In the Toulmin Model, what is the term for the main point or position being argued?

• Warrant

• Claim

• Ground

• Rebuttal