Analyzing Arguments Using the Toulmin Method

Analyzing Arguments Worksheet

(based on the Toulmin Method)

What is the Claim:

How so?

What are the exceptions?

First Reason to Accept the Author’s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Second Reason to Accept the Author’s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Third Reason to Accept the Author’s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Objections to the Claim

Name an Objection you noted:

What is the Author’s Rebuttal?:

Name another Objection you noted:

What is the Author’s Rebuttal?:

Is there a third Objection?:

If so, how does the author defend the claim?

 Analyzing Arguments Worksheet

(based on the Toulmin Method)

What is the Claim:

How so?

What are the exceptions?

First Reason to Accept the Author

’

s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Second Reason to Accept the Author

’

s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Third Reason to Accept the Author

’

s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Objections to the Claim

Name an Objection you noted:

What is the Author

’

s Rebuttal?:

Name another Objection you noted:

What is the Author

’

s Rebuttal?:

Is there a third Objection?:

If so, how does the author defend the claim? Analyzing Arguments Worksheet

(based on the Toulmin Method)

What is the Claim:

How so?

What are the exceptions?

First Reason to Accept the Author

’

s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Second Reason to Accept the Author

’

s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Third Reason to Accept the Author

’

s Claim

What makes this reason relevant?

What makes this reason effective?

What evidence supports this reason?

Is this evidence sufficient?

Is this evidence credible?

Is this evidence accurate?

Objections to the Claim

Name an Objection you noted:

What is the Author

’

s Rebuttal?:

Name another Objection you noted:

What is the Author

’

s Rebuttal?:

Is there a third Objection?:

If so, how does the author defend the claim?