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Identifying and Analyzing Claims

The document discusses identifying and analyzing claims in texts. It defines explicit information as being clearly stated, while implicit information is implied but not outright stated. A claim is the central argument or thesis that a writer takes. In order to prove a claim, writers provide details, explanations, and evidence. There are three types of claims: claims of fact based on data; claims of value about moral or aesthetic topics; and claims of policy about what actions should be taken to solve problems.

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Identifying and Analyzing Claims

The document discusses identifying and analyzing claims in texts. It defines explicit information as being clearly stated, while implicit information is implied but not outright stated. A claim is the central argument or thesis that a writer takes. In order to prove a claim, writers provide details, explanations, and evidence. There are three types of claims: claims of fact based on data; claims of value about moral or aesthetic topics; and claims of policy about what actions should be taken to solve problems.

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IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING CLAIMS

As part of Critical Reading, you are expected to


distinguish the Information that is clearly stated
in the text from ideas that are suggested.

1. EXPLICIT
2. IMPLICIT
IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING CLAIMS

EXPLICIT
EXPLICIT INFORMATION IS CLEARLY
WRITTEN AND EXPLAINED IN THE TEXT
SO THE READER WILL NOT BE CONFUSED.
IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING CLAIMS

IMPLICIT

IMPLICIT INFORMATION IS SOMETHING


THAT IS IMPLIED BUT NOT STATED
OUTRIGHT IN THE TEXT.
DEFINING CLAIMS
ALSO CALLED AS THE WRITER’S
POINT OR POSITION, IT IS ALSO
CALLED AS THE CENTRAL
ARGUMENT OR THESIS
STATEMENT OF THE ARGUMENT.
CLAIMS
IN ORDER TO PROVE A POINT OR CLAIM,
WRITERS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

1. DETAILS
2. EXPLANATIONS
3. EVIDENCES
FACTS ABOUT CLAIMS
1. CLAIM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THE TEXT.
2. THE QUALITY AND COMPLEXITY OF THE
READING DEPENDS ON THE CLAIM.
3. THE CLAIM DEFINES THE PAPER’S
DIRECTION AND SCOPE.
4. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
THE WRITER WANTS TO SAY AS A
RESULT OF HIS/HER THINKING,
READING AND WRITING.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
GOOD CLAIM
1. A CLAIM SHOULD BE
ARGUMENTATIVE AND
DEBATABLE.
2. A CLAIM SHOULD BE SPECIFIC
AND FOCUSED.
3. A CLAIM SHOULD BE
INTERESTING AND ENGAGING.
4. A CLAIM SHOULD BE LOGICAL.
TYPES OF CLAIM
1. CLAIMS OF FACT

2. CLAIMS OF VALUE

3. CLAIMS OF POLICY
CLAIM OF FACT
ASSERTS THAT SOMETHING HAS
EXISTED, EXISTS, OR WILL EXIST
BASED ON DATA. RELIES ON
SOURCES OR SYSTEMATIC
PROCEDURES TO BE VALIDATED.
CLAIM OF VALUE
THEY CONSIST OF ARGUMENTS ABOUT
MORAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, OR AESTHETIC
TOPICS. THESE TYPES OF TOPICS TRY
TO PROVE SOME VALUES ARE MORE OR
LESS DESIRABLE COMPARED TO
OTHERS. THEY MAKE JUDGEMENTS
BASED ON CERTAIN STANDARDS, ON
WETHER SOMETHING IS RIGHT OR
WRONG, GOOD OR BAD.
CLAIM OF POLICY
SPECIFIC ACTIONS
SHOULD BE CHOSEN AS
SOLUTIONS PARTICULAR
PROBLEM. BEGINS WITH
“SHOULD,” “OUGHT” OR
“MUST”.

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