The Toulmin Argument

evidence used to support your claim (metapatterns)

connected to the claim by the warrant

scales the "strength of the leap from the data to the warrant" (metapatterns par. 13.)

Responsible mainly for correlating the data to the claim (metapatterns par. 8). Explains what makes evidence prove your claim to be true (metapatterns par. 8).

never directly takes the role of the data, but dictates the rules that relates them to the overall argument (Nordquist).

indicates the relevancy of a claim (Nordquist).

Allows author to address and argue against the opposition to the claim.

reinforces the warrant

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.

definition: point that you are trying to prove (metapatterns par. 2)

supported by the data

connected to the data by the warrant

the logos of the toulmin argument. It is composed of concrete evidence and defines the "reasoning behind a claim" (metapatterns par. 4).

coincides with the data to make an argument credible

provides support on top of the data and grounds (metapatterns par. 11). It does this by answering questions or points of concerns that the reader might have (metapatterns par. 11).

reinforces the warrant