Question: Is this a good claim?

“Smoking is dangerous to one’s health.”

Is it specific and focused?
Is it interesting and engaging?
Is it logical?
Is it argumentative and debatable?
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Answer
1. Explicit
2. Explicit
3. Implicit
4. Implicit
5. Explicit
Examples of Claims of Fact

1. COVID-19 and flu spread in similar ways.

2. Teens who engage in unprotected sex will develop
STD’s, became pregnant and have kids.
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Answer
1. √
2. X
3. √
4. √
5. X
6. √
7. X
8. X
9. √
10. X
Other examples:
1. A law should be passed to stop the sale of cigarettes.
2. Health protocols must be followed to mitigate the
spread of COVID-19.
3. Time management should be practiced to be able to
finish school activities on time.
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Examples of Claims of Value
1. Animal testing is the worst way to check medical
products.
2. Abortion is immoral.
3. Science-Fiction novels are more interesting than
romance novels.
4. Dogs make the best pet.
5. Male editorial cartoonist are better than female.
Identify the type of claim in the following items.
1. Cell Phones pull away students from learning.
2. TIK TOK should undergo censorship, privacy, and
child safety.
3. It is totally unethical for Russia to not share the
COVID-19 vaccine with other countries given that the
technology from which it was based ‘has been proven
safe’.
4. Global warming is a threat that must be addressed.
5. Lumberjacking is an extremely dangerous occupation.
6. The age at which people can get a driver’s license must
be raised to 21.
7. Death penalty does not help in preventing heinous
crimes.
8. Republican economic policies caused Great Depression.
9. The Hunger Game is the best movie in history.
10. We should respect everyone in school.
11. Increasing population threatens the environment.
12. Viewing videos on Facebook is a waste of time.
13. The government should start making contingency
plans for the implementation of Face-to-face classes.
14. The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.
15. The CHED scholarship program must be sustained to
ensure that students from poor families will be able to
enroll at the college level.
1. Ans: Claim of Fact 11. Ans.: Claim of Fact
2. Ans.: Claim of Policy 12. Ans.: Claim of Value
3. Ans: Claim of Value 13. Ans. Claim of Policy
4. Ans: Claim of Policy 14. Ans.: Claim of Fact
5. Ans.: Claim of Fact 15. Ans. Claim of Policy
6. Ans.: Claim of Policy
7. Ans.: Claim of Value
8. Ans.: Claim of Fact
9. Ans.: Claim of Value
10. Ans.: Claim of Policy