SOCSCI 1SS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Topic Sentence, Pointless, List Of Fables Characters
23 Nov 2016
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Support -> made up of reasons and evidence. Problem: making claims that lack supporting evidence. Solution: learning to recognize and support unsubstantiated assertions. The writer omits the evidence and/or reasons/rationale that led to the. Check list: ensure each of your paragraphs includes the evidence to support your claim, ewjdjwed. Problem: presenting a mass of evidence without explaining how it relates to the claim. Solution: making details speak; explaining how evidence confirms and qualifies the claim. Caused by assuming facts speak for themselves, or that the same conclusion can be derived from a certain set of evidence. Either claims are left unsubstantiated because reasons are not given as to how and why evidence supports the claim, or there is an excess of evidence presented that does not clearly relate to the paragraph topic/claim. Check list: ensure you are saying exactly what you take the details to mean, state exactly how and why the evidence supports the claim.
