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Pam AldermanENG 112
Toulmin’s Model
Photo courtesy of Nic McPhee at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nics_events/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
What is the Toulmin Model?
• Stephen Toulmin
• Six concepts for argument analysis
“Chapter 2”
Six Concepts of Toulmin
Data: proves a claim
Claim: thesis to be proven
Warrant: how or why claim
supported
Six Concepts of Toulmin Continued
Backing: additional reasoning
Qualifiers: phrases that justify claim
Exceptions: when claim does not apply
Use of Toulmin Model
To analyze argumentative genre
To plan argumentative genre
Resources
“Chapter 2: Warranting Evidence in the Editing Process.”
Warranting Evidence. Wikispaces. 2011. Web. 25
July 2011.
McPhee, Nic. “Editing a Paper.” Flickr. Yahoo, 26 January
2008. Web. 25 July 2011.
“Techniques for Writing Arguments.” The Prentice Hall Guide
for College Writers. 9th ed. Ed. Stephen Reid. Boston,
MA: Prentice Hall, 2011. 453.
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