Claims Evidence Warrants Thesis A thesis statesasserts your position opinion on a topic Meant to be proven Contains your claims Found in the introductory paragraph TOPIC OPINION ID: 560295
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Persuasive Texts
Claims, Evidence, WarrantsSlide2
Thesis
A thesis states/asserts your position (opinion) on a topic.
Meant to be proven
Contains your claimsFound in the introductory paragraphTOPIC + OPINION + CLAIMS =THESISExample: Year round school should be implemented in all school districts because students would be more focused, would be safer and would be smarter. Slide3
Claims
Reasons that help prove your thesis
Support for your argument
Opinions stated as factsArgument: Year round school should be implemented in all school districts.Claims: students would be more focusedstudents would be saferstudents would be smarterSlide4
Evidence
Proves your claims
Are facts, examples, statistics, and details
Lawyers need evidence to prove the client is innocent.You need evidence to prove your argument is valid.Example: “Chicago has seen a 35% decrease in juvenile delinquency since implementing year round school.”Slide5
Warrants
Explains the evidence
Shows
how the evidence proves the claimLawyers can’t just present the evidence, they must explain how it shows the client is innocent.You must explain how your evidence supports your claim.Example: Keeping students in the classroom and off the streets in the summer months will kids out of trouble. Slide6
Counter Argument
The opposing argument
Example: Year round school is a bad idea because students need a long break away from the demands of academics and testing.Slide7
“Boxing: Countdown to Injury”
Read the argumentative essay “Boxing: Countdown to Injury.”
Identify the thesis in the introductory paragraph.
Then find the claims, evidence, and warrants in each body paragraph of the argumentative essay “Boxing: Countdown to Injury.”Slide8
Introductory paragraph
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left hook smashes into the fighter’s jaw. A following right slams his head the opposite direction. An uppercut to the jaw snaps his head back, momentarily stopping the blood flow to his brain. The boxer drops, hitting the mat with a thud. His brain bounces off his skull for the second time in a matter of seconds. Is this what we should call a sport? Because of injuries, neurological damage, and ring deaths, the rules of professional boxing should be changed.Slide9
Answer
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left hook smashes into the fighter’s jaw. A following right slams his head the opposite direction. An uppercut to the jaw snaps his head back, momentarily stopping the blood flow to his brain. The boxer drops, hitting the mat with a thud. His brain bounces off his skull for the second time in a matter of seconds. Is this what we should call a sport?
Because of injuries, neurological damage, and ring deaths, the rules of professional boxing should be changed.The thesis statement is:The overall position of the paper. It includes the three claims that will be used in each body paragraph to support your position.Slide10
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irst body paragraph
Boxing has always been a brutal sport. The ancient Greeks used gloves studded with metal spikes, which slashed the face and body and split skulls. Although gloves are no longer spiked, boxers today sustain injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to broken bones. It is not uncommon to see a boxer leave the ring with a cut on his face, an eye swollen shut, and a nose enlarged and bloody. Often, healing in is incomplete because these areas receive the same blows again and again in other matches. In fact, repeated blows almost cost Sugar Ray Leonard his sight when his retina detached in his left eye.Slide11
Answer
Claim:
Boxing has always been a brutal sport.
Evidence: The ancient Greeks used gloves studded with metal spikes, which slashed the face and body and split skulls.Warrant: Although gloves are no longer spiked, boxers today sustain injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to broken bones. It is not uncommon to see a boxer leave the ring with a cut on his face, an eye swollen shut, and a nose enlarged and bloody. Slide12
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econd body
paragraph
Besides superficial injuries, boxers suffer short-term neurological damage as a result of staggering blows to the head. A knockout punch, for example, is often delivered with such force that the brain smashes against the skull, tearing nerve fibers and blood vessels, resulting in a concussion. Even a blow to the neck can close the carotid artery, the main artery to the brain, whereby oxygen and blood to the brain are disrupted, resulting in dizziness and confusion. Later, the boxers often have no memory of the moments before or after a knockout blow.Slide13
Answer
Claim:
boxers suffer short-term neurological damage as a result of staggering blows to the head
Evidence: A knockout punch, for example, is often delivered with such force that the brain smashes against the skull, tearing nerve fibers and blood vessels, resulting in a concussion. Even a blow to the neck can close the carotid artery, the main artery to the brain, whereby oxygen and blood to the brain are disrupted, resulting in dizziness and confusion. Warrant: Later, the boxers often have no memory of the moments before or after a knockout blow.Slide14
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hird body
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In addition to short-term neurological damage, severe blows to the head can induce more serious injuries. For instance, Muhammad Ali now suffers from long- term neurological damage as a result of receiving repeated blows to the head. Evidence shows that Ali suffers from neurological damage caused by the blows that accelerated existing damage. As he aged, the boxer whom experts say was the "greatest of all" could not walk without the aid of a cane and could barely speak.Slide15
Answer
Claim:
In addition to short-term neurological damage, severe blows to the head can induce more serious injuries.
Evidence: For instance, Muhammad Ali now suffers from long- term neurological damage as a result of receiving repeated blows to the head.Warrant: Evidence shows that Ali suffers from neurological damage caused by the blows that accelerated existing damage. As he aged, the boxer whom experts say was the "greatest of all" could not walk without the aid of a cane and could barely speak.Slide16
Fourth body
paragraph
Finally, the most serious outcome of continual beatings to the head is death. Ray Mancini retired from boxing after delivering such a crushing blow to the head of Duck-Kim that the end result of the match was death for Duck-Kim. The advent of gloves and protective headgear supposedly offers protection, but even a light punch can snap the boxer's head back explosively, causing severe injury or death.Slide17
Answer
Claim:
Finally, the most serious outcome of continual beatings to the head is death.
Evidence: Ray Mancini retired from boxing after delivering such a crushing blow to the head of Duck-Kim that the end result of the match was death for Duck-Kim.Warrant: The advent of gloves and protective headgear supposedly offers protection, but even a light punch can snap the boxer's head back explosively, causing severe injury or death.Slide18
Evaluating Arguments
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trong argument has: Thesis Statement: A clear position/opinion on a topic, stated in one sentence, and containing claims.Claims: Reasons that help prove your thesis.Evidence: Facts, statistics, and/or details that prove your claims. Warrants: Explanation of how your evidence supports your claim.