Claims, Evidence and Reasoning

claim

evidence

reasoning

a statement of fact

a statement you believe to be true

a statement of logical reasoning

a statement you believe to be false

facts from the text or other reliable sources

opinions of readers

creative ideas

logical reasoning

true evidence from the text

complete opinions of experts

logical thinking that connects the evidence to the claim

interesting and creative fiction

The end of the paragraph

a summary of the argument

the first sentence of a paragraph that states its main idea

the body of a paragraph

restate the main idea and connect it to the claim

thank the reader for reading

introduce a new idea

make a little joke

Anansi is a spider.

Anansi is unlikable.

Anansi gobbles all the food.

Anansi puts rocks in his jacket.

He gets an invitation to dinner.

He likes to eat food.

He thinks Turtle is a good cook.

He tricks Turtle and eats all the food.

Tricking your friends and eating all the food is mean and greedy, and nobody likes mean and greedy people.

Putting rocks in your jacket is a smart way to get down to Turtle's table.

At the end Anansi learns a lesson.

Anansi the Spider is a famous figure of West African folk lore.

Claim

Evidence

Reasoning