Types of Evidence in Argumentation

Example
s
An Example can be given to illustrate a point that you want to make.
Example establish the existence of something tangible and observable.
Lawyers, for instance, usually use verdicts from previous cases as example
To justify the validity of that same verdict for another conviction.

Appeals
An Appeal is something that you draw from what others say or believe
Something. An Appeal may be logical or Emotional. Logical appeals cater to the
Intellect or Mind as commonly observed in debates, while emotional appeals cater to the
feelings and emotion.

The Past
Past Situation and circumstances are sometimes used as evidence on
The assumption that things have not changed.

Analogy
An Analogy is a comparison of two different things that are, in sense,
Also similar Analogies, like examples, are often used in argumentation
For people to see Situation more clearly.

Generali
zation
A Generalization is a highly probable conclusion about something that
Is drawn from a sample or representation of a whole.
 Correlation or Cause and effect
Relationship
Crime scene investigators oftentimes present cause and effect analysis
As evidence in the courtroom.

Assumpt
ion
An Assumption is a claim that is believed to be true even
Without proof. Every Argument is built on an assumption.

Option
and
Something you will need to consider in argumentation is that not
Alternati
everything can be seen as simply “black or white”.

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Counter
example
A Counterexample is an example given to refute a statement given by
The opposition. By using counterexample as evidence, you are able to
Prove the opposition’s generalization as weak or unsupported.