Choices are Arguments

• “From the clothes you wear to the foods you choose to eat to the groups you decide to join—all of these everyday activities make nuanced, sometime implicit arguments about who you are and what you value.”

Valid Reasoning

• Once you have the evidence, so what?• What does the evidence matter?• Answering these questions explains how the

evidence supports your claim.

• Let’s try it.• First we need a claim.

Claim: States your position in relation to the topic. What phone is the best choice? Why do you believe that?

Claim: States your position in relation to the

topic. What phone is the best choice? Why do you believe that?

• ________ is the best cell phone for me to purchase because it has features that meet my needs.

Data/Evidence #1:Support your claim with a fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & state where that information came from.

Data/Evidence #1:Support your claim with a fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & state where that information came from.

According to the iPhone 5/Nokia advertisement, state a fact that you learned from the ad.

Data/Evidence #1:Support your claim with a fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & state where that information came from.

According to the Nokia advertisement, the Lumia has two more gigabytes of storage.

Logical Reasoning #1: Explain why or how the evidence/data supports your claim.

Since the Lumia has 7GB in the Sky Drive and the iPhone 5 only has 5, the Lumia is a better value for me because I use a lot of storage for my pictures.

Data/Evidence #2:Support your claim with another fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & state where that information came from.

Data/Evidence #2:Support your claim with another fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & state where that information came from.

The Nokia advertisement also said that state another fact that you learned from the ad.

Data/Evidence #2:Support your claim with another fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & state where that information came from.

According to the Nokia advertisement, the Lumina uses Microsoft Office.

Logical Reasoning #2: Explain why or how the evidence/data supports your claim.

Because I use Microsoft Office for the PowerPoints that I create for my classes, this feature would let me work wherever I was.

Conclusion statement: Repeat a phrase from your claim to being the paragraph full circle.

• My introductory sentence:• Lumina is the best cell phone for me to

purchase because it has features that meet my needs.

• My concluding sentence:• Because the Lumina has features that I need, it

is the best cell phone for me.

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