CR 10.1: Warrants

Claim

- statement to convince reader (Metapatterns 2)

Grounds

- the reasoning that is behind the claim
(Metapatterns 4)
- should not be challenged since it is
proof from data and evidence
(Metapatterns 4)

Warrant

- legitimizes claim by linking data and more
grounds to claim (Metapatterns 8)

- can be based on
logos, pathos, ethos
(Metapatterns 9)

- can be implicitly or
explicitly stated
(Nordquist 1)

- connection between data
and conclusion = warrant
(Nordquist 4)

Backing

- support for argument and warrant
through questioning (Metapatterns 12)

Qualifier

- it is a limit in how applicable
the claim is (Metapatterns 13)

Rebuttal

- counter-arguments
- necessary to understand rebuttals to
better formulate claim (Metapatterns 17)

Created by Sonali Chadha

Sources Cited

Metapatterns. "Toulmin’s Argument Model." English Composition II: Rhetorical Methods–Based. Edited by Lumen Learning. Lumen Learning, Portland, OR, 2019.

Nordquist, Richard. "Warrants in the Toulmin Model of Argument." Thought Co., 14 April, 2014.