Evaluation Arguments

Let's See What You Know

The Answers!!!

1. Argument

2. Claim

3. Persuasion

4.Evaluate

5. Analyze

Evaluation Arguments

a. The point of the argument.

b. Breaking down an argument into different parts and examining them individually in relation to other parts of the argument.

c. A claim that is supported by reasons or evidence.

d. A way of determining the persuasiveness in a set of claims.

e. The author tries to convince their reader that the reasons or evidence is true.

1. Argument

2. Claim

3. Persuasion

4.Evaluate

5. Analyze

a. The point of the argument.

b. Breaking down an argument into different parts and examining them individually in relation to other parts of the argument.

c. A claim that is supported by reasons or evidence.

d. A way of determining the persuasiveness in a set of claims.

e. The author tries to convince their reader that the reasons or evidence is true .

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Vol XCIII, No. 311

What the Heck is an Argument?

What is it?

ARGUMENTS

• An argument is a claim that is supported by reasons or evidence.
• When an author tries to persuade the reader that something is true by presenting supporting reasons or evidence, an argument is being made.
• An ARGUMENT is different from a STATEMENT. EXAMPLE: "Spanking is wrong because it is a form of child abuse."
• This could be valid because it matches the criteria that define what child abuse is.

The Purpose...

Let's Talk About What Makes It!

2 Key Things

Claim

Persuasion

• The critical reader must be able to evaluate arguments.
• When you EVALUATE an argument (a set of claims), you determine its persuasiveness.
• To have the ability to do well when evaluating arguments, knowing what exactly an argument is and how it is put together is very important.

• The author tries to convince their reader that a claim is true by providing supporting reasons or evidence.

• Is the point of the argument.
• When an author makes an argument, it is the claim that the author is trying to persuade the reader to accept as true.

How Do We Analyze It?

Works Cited

How Do You Do It?

Key Pointers For Analysis

4 Steps to Developing an Argument

What to Expect...

Step 2

Step 1

• Identify the reasons or evidence the author gives for support of the claim.

• Bell, Erin. "Introduction to Evaluation Argument." PB. PBWorks.,Web. 5 Dec. 2015.
• Lunsford A. Andrea., John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Everything's an Argument with Readings. 6th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. Print.
• Fischer, Elon. "Evaluation Arguments." Public Speaking. Google Sites., 23 Mar. 2013. Web. 5 Dec. 2015.

• To evaluate an argument you have to analyze it.
• When you analyze an argument you break it down into its parts and examine them by themselves and in relation to other parts of the argument.

• First, identify the argument's claim.
• What is the conclusion the author is trying to persuade the reader to be true or correct?
• What is the main point of the argument?

Step 3

• Think critically and skeptically about the reasons or evidence that the argument presents.
• What is the source of the evidence?
• Is the evidence true?
• Do the reasons or evidence defeat or weaken the argument presented?

Step 4

• Ask yourself how well the reasons or evidence support the claim(s).
• If the evidence is weak or false, then the argument would be considered less persuasive or even invalid.
• You should also summarize the opposing statements point of view and then either refute or concede to the opposing view.
• Conclude your argument.