{"id":214,"date":"2016-06-10T20:33:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T20:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=214"},"modified":"2017-09-25T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T17:30:25","slug":"outcome-supporting-claims-1-6","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomposition1\/chapter\/outcome-supporting-claims-1-6\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Supporting Claims","rendered":"Introduction to Supporting Claims"},"content":{"raw":"<h2 class=\"p1\">Evaluate supporting claims of texts<\/h2>\r\nOnce a thesis statement is established, you as a reader will know what a text is claiming. That claim defines what the author wants you to do, think, or believe by the time you finish reading his or her work.\u00a0An author's<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is only as valuable as its <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-217 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/06\/10203829\/2746235958_b654118ddb_z-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two orange flowers with long stems placed in separate rock-filled jars. One is bending over the other, as if in coversation\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/>If the text's\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is irrelevant to anything readers care about, few will want to read the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> supporting it. If the author's\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> seems obvious, readers will wonder why someone\u00a0bothered to argue for it. If a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> cannot be settled by appealing to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">evidence<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, some readers may be interested in that\u00a0opinion, but few will have reason to engage the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Effective claims have three qualities:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ul1\">\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">They address important, relevant problems. Readers will think that the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> might help them address a <\/span><span class=\"s2\">problem<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> they care about.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">They are <\/span><span class=\"s2\">contestable<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. That is, readers will wonder whether the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is true.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">They are debatable. That is, readers will think that the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> can be proved or disproved.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A\u00a0significant <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> answers a question that readers care about; it leads readers to think not, <i>That\u2019s obvious<\/i> or <i>I already knew that<\/i>, but <i>Oh, you\u2019ll have to prove that<\/i>; and it raises the kinds of issues that can be settled by factual <\/span><span class=\"s2\">evidence<\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\">What You Will Learn To Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>evaluate various forms of support that can be used in a text to validate a thesis<\/li>\r\n \t<li>evaluate use of personal forms of support (narrative, anecdote)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>evaluate use of research-based forms of support (facts, statistics, outside authority)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>evaluate relationship between the rhetorical context of a text, and the effectiveness of the types of support used<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><\/h3>","rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\">Evaluate supporting claims of texts<\/h2>\n<p>Once a thesis statement is established, you as a reader will know what a text is claiming. That claim defines what the author wants you to do, think, or believe by the time you finish reading his or her work.\u00a0An author&#8217;s<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is only as valuable as its <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/06\/10203829\/2746235958_b654118ddb_z-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two orange flowers with long stems placed in separate rock-filled jars. One is bending over the other, as if in coversation\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/>If the text&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is irrelevant to anything readers care about, few will want to read the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> supporting it. If the author&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> seems obvious, readers will wonder why someone\u00a0bothered to argue for it. If a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> cannot be settled by appealing to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">evidence<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, some readers may be interested in that\u00a0opinion, but few will have reason to engage the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Effective claims have three qualities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">They address important, relevant problems. Readers will think that the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> might help them address a <\/span><span class=\"s2\">problem<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> they care about.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">They are <\/span><span class=\"s2\">contestable<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. That is, readers will wonder whether the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is true.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">They are debatable. That is, readers will think that the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> can be proved or disproved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A\u00a0significant <\/span><span class=\"s2\">claim<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> answers a question that readers care about; it leads readers to think not, <i>That\u2019s obvious<\/i> or <i>I already knew that<\/i>, but <i>Oh, you\u2019ll have to prove that<\/i>; and it raises the kinds of issues that can be settled by factual <\/span><span class=\"s2\">evidence<\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">What You Will Learn To Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>evaluate various forms of support that can be used in a text to validate a thesis<\/li>\n<li>evaluate use of personal forms of support (narrative, anecdote)<\/li>\n<li>evaluate use of research-based forms of support (facts, statistics, outside authority)<\/li>\n<li>evaluate relationship between the rhetorical context of a text, and the effectiveness 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