Examples of Claims of Fact

Examples of Claims of Fact

The goal in arguing for a claim of
fact is to gain audience acceptance
that something that is currently not
accepted as fact or that something
that is currently considered a fact,
should no longer be considered as
such.
The goal in arguing against a claim
of fact is to get your audience to
deny acceptance of some proposed
new fact, or to defend the status
quo that something that is a fact
should remain so. Claims of fact
may be assertions about the past,
present, or future.
A Claim of Policy asserts that
something should or should not be
done by someone about something.
It proposes that some specific
course of action should, but not
necessarily will, be taken.
The key word in a claim of policy
is the conditional verb “should”
which implies that some action
ought to be taken, but not that it
must or will be taken.
Example:
Uniforms SHOULD
be required at all
public high
schools.
Example:
The voucher program
of the Department of
Education SHOULD be
extended to the
elementary level
Examples of Claims of Value
The center of argument in a value claim is
over the criteria used in making the
judgment. Value claims call into question a
standard of comparison: bad as compared to
what, good as compared to what, superior
as compared to what? All judgments we
make are opinions that compare two or
more items and assert that one of the items
is, by comparison, the better one.
Claim of Value makes a judgment
(subjective); expresses approval or
disapproval about something; attempts to
show that something is wrong/right,
moral/immoral, beautiful/ugly. To support,
you must establish standards that you are
using to measure the beauty or morality of
your topic.
Claim of Fact presents something
projected as “factual”
or “true,” but is
actually debatable.
Claim of Value an argument of how
important something is.
Claim of Policy Policies refer to rules,
regulations, and
processes.
Identify if the following statements are claim
of fact, claim of policy or claim of value.
 1. Death penalty is unjust.
2. The oldest known disease is
leprosy.
Activity 1:
3. A dress code should be
Identify if the introduced in the school.
following claims
4. Children below 18 should
are FACT, VALUE not be allowed outside their
or POLICY homes after 10:00.
5. Cancer is contagious.
 6. It is better to have loved and
lost, than never to have loved at
all.
Activity 1: 7. We must plant trees to avoid
floods.
Identify if the
8. The climate will be hotter in
following claims the next few years due to global
are FACT, VALUE warming.
or POLICY 9. Winning by cheating is worst
than losing honesty.
10. The pandemic greatly
affected us.
 11. The Department of
Education (DepEd) got the
highest allocation for the 2020
National Budget.
Activity 1:
12. Taking drugs without a
Identify if the doctor’s prescription can
following claims endanger one’s life.
are FACT, VALUE 13. iPhone is better than
or POLICY Android phones.
14. Exposure to violent media
results to violent behaviour.
15. Honesty is the best policy.
Activity: Study the editorial cartoon provided
below. Then, on a separate sheet of paper,
provide three examples of claims (one for fact,
one for value, and one for policy) related to its
theme.
Activity 2: Identify if the following are claims
of FACT, POLICY or VALUE.
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) got the
highest allocation for the 2020 National Budget.
2. Taking drugs without a doctor’s prescription can
endanger one’s life.
3. The use of substantial research in writing is a great
way for authors to achieve their purpose.
4. It is necessary for stakeholders in the community to
support every school in making sure that education
continues for all learners.
5. Honesty is the best policy.