Eh 124 2011: Week Seven Class One

Eh 124:

 

For today, you had to read chapter six.

Opening Quiz:

Define for the following, with examples:

Claims of Fact:

Claims of Definition:

Claims of Cause:

Claims of Value:

Claims of Policy:

 

Why is this important?

Let’s look back at the argument you hold to be important and true. What are the claims, how might they be characterized?

 

Last time, we went over the Toulmin Model for Argumentation:

Claim:

Support:

Warrant:

Backing:

Rebuttal:

Qualifier:

 

Let’s think about a claim, or a thesis for an argument:

Students should not be allowed to wear pajamas to class

Your job is to create a Toulmin Style argument on this topic that has at least three major subclaims, which must be different kinds of claims. You are responsible for the following

Claim

Subclaim

Support

Explicit Warrant

Subclaim

Support

Explicit Warrant

Subclaim

Support

Explicit Warrant

Conclusion

 

What do we want on this campus, anyway? Discussion and argument.

 

Read Chapter Seven.