READING AND WRITING The information is stated in the text.

Readers can see the piece of information stated in the given passage.
Lesson Title: CLAIM OF FACT, CLAIM OF POLICY, CLAIM OF VALUE
CLAIMS
 A CLAIM is a statement that is not considered accepted by all.
 A claim may be universified or controversial to a certain degree.
 It is usually related to one side of an issue.
 If so, the claim is also called a position.
 CLAIM OF FACT
 Claims of facts relate to the statements that can be verified, no matter
how difficult.
 They are not dependent merely on a person’s preference, but can be
true or false.
Examples:
1. The atmosphere has too much carbon dioxide.
2. Smoking marijuana is less harmful to one’s health than
smoking cigarettes.
3. Cancer is not contagious.
Critical Reading Leads to
Significant Understanding:
Readers interact with the material through critical reading.
To properly evaluate the ideas you have gathered while reading, you must be
able to know the different kinds of information which are explicit information
and implicit information.
KINDS OF INFORMATION
Explicit Information
Implicit Information
The information is not directly presented in the text.
As readers, we need to read between the lines to understand the details that
the writer is trying to tell us.
CLAIM OF POLICY
It argues that something SHOULD/ SHOULD NOT be done, believed, banned,
etc.
It argues for a course of action. It is also called the Problem-Solution technique.
To support--you must first convince the audience that a problem exists and
then prove that your policy will fix it.
CLAIM OF VALUE
It asserts judgement whether it is good or bad, more or less desirable.
It is claiming whether something is good or bad or the other thing is better than
the other one.
It expresses approval or disapproval about something;
It attempts to show that something is wrong/right, moral/immoral,
beautiful/ugly.
Example:
The Hunger Games is the best movie this year.
It is a judgement comparing and contrasting with other movies assigning a
value whether it is good or bad, or the best or worst.
To support-you must establish standards that you are using to measure the
beauty or morality of your topic.
Examples:
Homosexuality is immoral because it violates religious, societal, and biological
standards. ___________________________________________________________
Monet's art is more beautiful than Picasso's because of its use of soft color,
uplifting subject matter, and unique technique. ___________________________________________________________
2. What is claim in the context of academic reading and writing?
WRITING USING CLAIM OF VALUE
The two most fertile areas for value claims in argumentative writing--and the ___________________________________________________________
two areas in which people most often disagree--are aesthetics and morality. As
you might expect, these areas offer the greatest challenge to the writer. ___________________________________________________________
Regardless of what a value claim argues, often they may depend upon claims of 3. Give the differences among claim of fact, claim of policy and claim of
fact as support. value.
A value claim that democracy is superior to any other form of government, for
instance, might require factual claims that define your terms and establish the Claim of Fact Claim of Policy Claim of Value
standards by which you reach this conclusion.

WRITE IT ON!
Write a 150-word essay using claims of fact, policy and value
WHAT I’VE LEARNED!
about one of the following issues:
Answer the following questions.
Corona virus pandemic
1. What are the two kinds of information? Define each kind of
Education in the midst of the pandemic
information.
Mental health
Spiritual formation of youths
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Teenage pregnancy

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 Answer Key
WHAT I’VE LEARNED!
1. The two kinds of information are explicit information and implicit
information. Explicit Information The information is stated in the text.
Readers can see the piece of information stated in the given passage.
Implicit Information
The information is not directly presented in the text.
As readers, we need to read between the lines to understand the details that
the writer is trying to tell us.

2. A CLAIM is a statement that is not considered accepted by all.

3.

Claim of Fact Claim of Policy Claim of Value

 Claims of facts It argues that something It asserts judgement
relate to the SHOULD/ SHOULD NOT whether it is good or
statements be done, believed, bad, more or less
that can be banned, etc. desirable.
verified, no It argues for a course of It is claiming whether
matter how action. It is also called the something is good or
difficult. Problem-Solution bad or the other thing
 They are not technique. is better than the
dependent other one.
merely on a
person’s
preference,
but can be
true or false.