This document discusses different types of supporting materials and critical thinking techniques that can be used to strengthen arguments and ideas, including examples, statistics, testimony, and listening skills. It provides tips on using brief and extended examples, hypothetical examples, statistics, expert and peer testimony, quotes versus paraphrasing, and understanding statistics. Sources of statistics are also listed.

1. Chapter seven
Supporting your ideas

2. Supporting Materials
and Critical thinking

3. Examples
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Brief Examples
Extended Examples
Hypothetical Examples
Tips for Using Examples

4. Statistics
• Understanding Statistics
• Tips for Using Statistics
• Where to Find Statistics

10. Statistics
• Understanding Statistics
• Tips for Using Statistics
• Where to Find Statistics

11. • The World Almanac and Book of Facts
• The United Nations’ Statistical Yearbook
• Guinness World Records

16. Testimony
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Expert Testimony
Peer Testimony
Quoting Versus Paraphrasing
Tips for Using Testimony

17. In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble,
it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time,
you're gone.

18. Testimony
• Peer Testimony

19. Mr KY said : “Điều quan trọng là viết được điều gì
vào tâm hồn trẻ thơ sau mỗi giờ dạy...",

20. listening
fo r y o u r
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