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Reading & Writing Week 8

This document discusses critical approaches to reading different types of claims. It defines claims as persuading or arguing something to a reader. There are three main types of claims: claims of fact, which can be proven true or false; claims of value, which involve judgments and evaluations; and claims of policy, which typically provide solutions in response to claims of fact. The document also defines hypertext as non-linear presentation of information using links, hypermedia as forms of multimedia, and intertext as how a text's meaning is shaped by another text.

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Reading & Writing Week 8

This document discusses critical approaches to reading different types of claims. It defines claims as persuading or arguing something to a reader. There are three main types of claims: claims of fact, which can be proven true or false; claims of value, which involve judgments and evaluations; and claims of policy, which typically provide solutions in response to claims of fact. The document also defines hypertext as non-linear presentation of information using links, hypermedia as forms of multimedia, and intertext as how a text's meaning is shaped by another text.

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CRITICAL APPROACH TO READING

CLAIMS OF FACT, POLICY AND VALUE


WEEK 8 DAYS 13-14
Objectives
Critical Approach to Reading

A Define Claims.

Identify and distinguish the


B
different types of claims.

C Define Hypertext, Intertext &


Hypermedia.
Claims
A claim persuades, argues,
convinces, proves, or provocatively
D

suggests something to a reader who


D

may or may not initially agree with


you.

Source: https://depts.washington.edu/owrc/Handouts/Claims%20Claims%20Claims.pdf
Claims

Claims of Fact Claims of Value Claim of Policy


Claims of Fact
Claim of fact posits whether
something is true or untrue,
but there must always be
the potential for controversy,
conflict and conversion.

Source: http://havlicek.weebly.com/uploads/6/8/5/2/685209/ww2claims.pdf
Sample Claims of Fact
Fast food is unhealthy.

Drinking 8 glasses of water is


the standard.
Getting enough sleep will make
you function more.
Running improves your heart
and lungs.

The following statements are considered facts for each one can be proven.
Practical and
moral
advantages. Claims of Value
Claims of value involve judgments, appraisals,
and evaluations. Everyone has a bias of sorts, oft
en embedded in social, religious, and/or cultural
values.

Source: http://havlicek.weebly.com/uploads/6/8/5/2/685209/ww2claims.pdf
Sample Claim of Value

Hunting
animals is a
Being obese is barbaric
Suicide is
unattractive. practice.
against the
teachings of the
Church.
Claims of Policy

Claims of policy typically


provide a solution or
another series of
questions in response to
the claims of fact.

Source: http://havlicek.weebly.com/uploads/6/8/5/2/685209/ww2claims.pdf
Sample Claim of Policy
People should eat less fast
food to avoid getting fat.

People should stop


tolerating animal slaughter.

D
D
The age for getting a
driver’s license should be
raised to 21.
Time for an
Informal Debate
Let’s group the class into 2
and debate on a topic of our
choosing for us to apply
what we learned today with
Claims. Let’s have fun!

Source: http://havlicek.weebly.com/uploads/6/8/5/2/685209/ww2claims.pdf
Hypertext

Non-linear way to
present information and
is usually accomplished
using “link”. Information
can be represented in a
semantic network in
which multiple related
sections of the text are
connected to each other.

Source: Sandagan, L. (2016). Reading and Writing Skills. Manila. JFS Publishing Services.
Hypertext
Direct link to informative text
and documents that contain
additional information.

Hypermedia
Forms of multimedia such as
pictures, sounds and videos.

Source: Sandagan, L. (2016). Reading and Writing Skills. Manila. JFS Publishing Services.
Source: http://www.yourdictionary.com/hypertext
Intertext

The shaping of a text’s


meaning by another text.
A literacy device that
creates an
“interrelationship between
texts” and generates
mutual understanding in
separate work.

Source: Sandagan, L. (2016). Reading and Writing Skills. Manila. JFS Publishing Services.
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inspired by the Gangster film of the classic comic book Archie
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