Warrants #1

You already know that to make an argument, you need at least two things:  a thesis or claim and evidence or data (we'll use the italicized term in both cases) to support the claim.

But, as we've just discussed, facts (data) don't speak for themselves.

If we have the following datum:

A lot more kids are becoming juvenile delinquents nowadays.

And want to use this datum to support the following claim:

We need more women to be stay at home mothers.

What else do we need?  What's missing? 

 

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