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Claims of evaluation

a claim about literature that argues the value of the work as a whole or the parts of the work, like its literary elements

Claims about literature

a position on a literary work that not everyone would accepts as an obvious truth right away

Issues

a question raised with various debatable answers.

Claims

a statement that is written to be proven/ the answers to debatable questions.

Thesis

the main purpose of the essay, the essay's goal often stated as a claim

Audience

the readers who will read the argument

Warrants

the reasoning you provide for how the evidence supports the claims you make.

Evidence

the support you provide for your claims so that others will accept them.

Persuade

to defend your claims

Issue of casuality

when readers disagree about explanations for the character's behaviors

Issue of symbolism

when readers disagree about the meaning or purpose of a symbol in the reading.

Issues of evaluation

when readers disagree about the quality of the reading and its contents

Issue of theme

when readers disagree about the text's main idea

Issue of definition

when readers disagree about what a particular word or topic from the reading means

Issues of social policy

when readers disagree about what solutions for cultural problems the reading proposes

Claims of interpretation

when the reader argues the themes of a work