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Toulmin’s Model

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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.