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Toulmin Method
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6
English
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2011

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Term
Claim
Definition
What you want your reader to accept. Your thesis will be your claim.
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Grounds
Definition
What you use to support your claim.Your sources will provide the grounds:
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Warrants
Definition
What you and your reader may share as common beliefs (establish links between reader and writer’s argument)
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Backing
Definition
What you provide if there is a possibility that your audience may not share some of those common beliefs implied in a warrant
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Qualifier
Definition
What you use to “temper” your argument
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Rebuttals
Definition
What you use to response to your opposition’s stance
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