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Understanding Claims and Counterclaims

The document explains the concepts of claim and counterclaim, emphasizing the importance of textual evidence in evaluating an author's argument. It outlines objectives for students to identify and write textual evidence from a short story, highlighting how this evidence supports their claims and counterclaims. Additionally, it provides phrases to effectively cite textual evidence in discussions.

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Understanding Claims and Counterclaims

The document explains the concepts of claim and counterclaim, emphasizing the importance of textual evidence in evaluating an author's argument. It outlines objectives for students to identify and write textual evidence from a short story, highlighting how this evidence supports their claims and counterclaims. Additionally, it provides phrases to effectively cite textual evidence in discussions.

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Claim and Counterclaim

Claim is a statement that an author


discusses, explains, or proves in his
writing or in conversation.

Counterclaim is an opposing
viewpoint; something said to offset
someone else’s claim.
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the class, students are
expected to:
• Determine the textual evidence from
the text.
• Write the textual evidence from the
short story.
• Give importance on determining textual
evidence.
Determining
Textual
Evidence
DETERMINING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
 To better evaluate the author's argument, you
should able to determine the evidence from the
text.
 Determining the evidence from the text
validates the assertions of the author and your
own counterclaims.
 When you respond or comment to a text read,
you can support your claim by quoting an idea
shown in the text.
 You can use the following phrases in citing text
evidence;
 According to the text...
 The text says...
 The text explains...
 The author states...
 The author wrote...
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
- Is evidence in the form of a
text

Is an information gathered from


the text that supports your
assertions or counterclaims about
the text.
In formulating assertions and
counterclaims about a text, it is
important that you support your
statements with textual evidence.
Thank
you!

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