1 / 7

Evidence

Evidence. What is it? Why do we use it? What types are there?. What is evidence?. Information to support main points Information from credible sources (books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, internet sites, etc.) What is credible? http://city-mankato.us/ www.dhmo.org

faunia
Download Presentation

Evidence

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Evidence What is it? Why do we use it? What types are there?

  2. What is evidence? • Information to support main points • Information from credible sources (books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, internet sites, etc.) • What is credible? • http://city-mankato.us/ • www.dhmo.org • http://www.andoverhs.anoka.k12.mn.us/IMC/bogus.html

  3. Why do we use evidence? • To support what we already know • To add interesting information • To persuade • To provide ethos

  4. What types of evidence are there? • Facts • What is in the past or presently ongoing • What can be proven • Most common information in an informative speech • Opinions • The thoughts/beliefs of someone else • Experts in the field are most credible. • Often called “testimony”

  5. Examples • A specific instance of something • ie: the story of a particular person who has Cancer • Can be used to provide pathos • A supporting list • Ie: Many types of fruit include apples, oranges, lemons. • Statistics • Numbers to prove a point • Percentages, rank order, numbers

  6. Evidence should be documented. • Documentation means citing your sources. • Always document opinions and statistics. • Documentation gives credit to your sources. • Documentation helps provide ethos for the speaker. • Document a minimum of 3 times in your speech. • Example of documentation: • According to biographer Joe Smith in the book, Billy the Kid, Billy was always a troubled child.

  7. Assignment • In groups of 2-4 people, skim the articles about Billy the Kid. Find at least 2 examples of each of the 4 types of evidence. Circle the evidence on the handout and put an F by your facts, an E by your examples, an O by your opinions, and an S by your statistics. Everyone in your group must agree with your choices and labels. Choose a spokesperson who will be prepared to share your examples with the whole group.

More Related