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CDW– What is that?!?. A Quick Guide to Claim/Data/Warrant. What is CDW?. Claim/Data/Warrant is a format for writing in a clear logical manner. When writing in CDW, you have to: (1) make your point (2) support your point with facts (3) explain how the facts prove your point.
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CDW– What is that?!? A Quick Guide to Claim/Data/Warrant
What is CDW? • Claim/Data/Warrant is a format for writing in a clear logical manner. • When writing in CDW, you have to: • (1) make your point • (2) support your point with facts • (3) explain how the facts prove your point.
What goes into a cdw paragraph? • (1) Claim • (2) Data (with a transition) • (3) Warrant
What is a claim? • The 1st sentence of a paragraph • - Clear and provable opinion • - Usually a response to a question or prompt • - It can include the title of the text and the author, if used.
What exactly does Data mean? • Evidence from the text that proves/supports the claim • A paragraph should contain 2 pieces of data – should have at least two reasons/facts • -All quotations should be properly documented (MLA citations – rules will come later!)
What are transitions? • A sentence or partial sentence that sets the context of the data • Answers questions like who, what, where, when (not necessarily all of them)
What is warrant? • The most important and significant part of the paragraph • States how and why the data proves the claim (Your opinion) • Your interpretation and analysis of the data
Putting it all together • What does a completed CDW paragraph look like? 8 sentences • Claim • Transition into Data • 2 Warrants • Transition into Data • 2 Warrants • Concluding sentence