{"id":101,"date":"2019-01-22T20:20:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=101"},"modified":"2019-01-22T20:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:20:03","slug":"using-evidence","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/chapter\/using-evidence\/","title":{"raw":"Using Evidence","rendered":"Using Evidence"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Using Evidence<\/h1>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-15549\" src=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Meme-Sources-4.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Meme-Sources-4.png 527w, https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Meme-Sources-4-300x214.png 300w\" alt=\"Find those quality sources!\" \/>When writing an argumentative essay, you\u2019ll definitely want to locate quality sources to support your claims, and you have a lot of options for sources. You can look for support for your argument in journal articles, magazine articles, documentaries, and more.\u00a0You may even\u00a0be allowed to use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/using-evidence-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>personal experience<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and observations, but this isn\u2019t always the case. No matter what, you\u2019ll want logical, clear, and reasonable evidence that helps you support your claims and convince your audience.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s\u00a0important to review the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/logical-fallacies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">logical fallacies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0before you develop evidence for your claims. If you\u2019re\u00a0using personal experience, you have to be careful that you don\u2019t\u00a0make claims that are too broad based on limited experiences.\r\n\r\nThe following pages provide you with information on the types of sources you may be able to include, how to decide if your sources are credible, and how to make good decisions about using your sources.","rendered":"<h1>Using Evidence<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15549\" src=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Meme-Sources-4.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Meme-Sources-4.png 527w, https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Meme-Sources-4-300x214.png 300w\" alt=\"Find those quality sources!\" \/>When writing an argumentative essay, you\u2019ll definitely want to locate quality sources to support your claims, and you have a lot of options for sources. You can look for support for your argument in journal articles, magazine articles, documentaries, and more.\u00a0You may even\u00a0be allowed to use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/using-evidence-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>personal experience<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and observations, but this isn\u2019t always the case. No matter what, you\u2019ll want logical, clear, and reasonable evidence that helps you support your claims and convince your audience.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u00a0important to review the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/logical-fallacies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">logical fallacies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0before you develop evidence for your claims. If you\u2019re\u00a0using personal experience, you have to be careful that you don\u2019t\u00a0make claims that are too broad based on limited experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The following pages provide you with information on the types of sources you may be able to include, how to decide if your sources are credible, and how to make good decisions about using your sources.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-101\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Using Evidence. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL). <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/\">https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17533,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Using Evidence\",\"author\":\"Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL)\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-101","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":23,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/101\/revisions\/105"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/23"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/101\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}