Unit 4 supporting the thesis with evidence
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The document discusses supporting a thesis with evidence. It defines evidence as reasons, examples, facts, details, statistics, personal observations, anecdotes, quotations. It recommends finding evidence from personal experiences, libraries, the internet, and considering your pattern of development. Characteristics of good evidence include being relevant and unified in supporting the thesis, specific, adequate to support the thesis, dramatic without exaggeration, accurate, representative of the typical rather than exceptional, and properly documented with sources.
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Unit 4 supporting the thesis with evidence
- 1. SUPPORTING THE THESIS WITH EVIDENCE What is evidence? reasons -examples -facts -details -statistics -personal observation or experience -anecdotes -quotations -
- 2. How do you find evidence Tap into personal experiences/observations through prewriting Library and/or Internet Consider your pattern of development
- 3. Characteristics of Evidence - Evidence is relevant and unified It must support the thesis Remove material that does not support your point Evidence is specific - Specific, concrete evidence provides word pictures Evidence is adequate - Provide enough specific evidence to support your thesis
- 4. Evidence is dramatic - Dramatize reality (don’t exaggerate; use powerful words) Evidence is accurate - Honesty- even in faction Evidence is representative - Rely on the typical not the exception to prove your point Evidence is documented - Acknowledge information that you get from outside sources Mention the source and author (date if relevant) Formal research requires more detailed documentation -