Claims and Your Argument

1. Claims and Your Argument

2. Claims and your prompt • Claims are arguments you are making • Claims should reflect the question you are being asked to answer.

3. Question 1 • Imprecise claim: There are many positive effects of advertising. • Vague Claim: Advertising has many harmful effects. • Strong claim: Advertising works to create a need in the audience, whether the audience actually ‘needs’ the product or not.

4. Question 3 Vague Claim: Offering Incentives for Charity is good. Weak Claim: Ultimately, it is up to the audience to decide. Strong Claim: Participating in charity improves us because it reminds us how fortunate we truly are, and offering incentives can negate that benefit of charity work.

5. Question 2 • Functional Claim: Sanders uses a variety of rhetorical techniques to develop his perspective. • More specific claim: In the first paragraph, Sanders’ diction and tone introduce the traditional American perspective on moving, hinting at his disapproval with subtle mockery.

6. Claim/Data/Warrant • Claim: In the first paragraph, Sanders’ diction and tone introduce the traditional American perspective on moving, hinting at his disapproval with subtle mockery. • Data: • List of explorers ending with ‘rainbow chasers and vagabonds’ • Diction that suggests delusion: “Promised Land, myth, romance, drunk, infatuation” • Detail of highway impractical • A rational person would ‘hoot’ at this idea

7. Warrant: • Sanders explains that Americans have always been in love with moving. But while traditionally this has been seen as a virtue of American life, Sanders’ tone subtly begins to mock this idea. Instead of being brave and courageous explorers, Sanders mocks this perspective as impractical and delusional.

8. Apples Arguments • Claim: One sentence that links the red card to the green card. • Data: What you know about the red card. • Warrant: An explanation of how the red card links to the green card.