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    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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    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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