What’s on the Kinds of Claim poster
A 5-row table: Claim · Needs.
Match the proof to the claim.
- Fact — Observation, record, measurement
- Definition — Criteria plus a fit to the case
- Cause — Mechanism and ruled-out alternatives
- Value — A stated standard, then application
- Policy — Problem, remedy, feasibility, cost
A policy claim quietly contains all four beneath it. Skipping the cause step is how proposals get built on a misdiagnosis.
Questions about the Kinds of Claim poster
- What’s on the Kinds of Claim poster?
- A 5-row table: Claim · Needs. Match the proof to the claim. Fact — Observation, record, measurement; Definition — Criteria plus a fit to the case; Cause — Mechanism and ruled-out alternatives; Value — A stated standard, then application; Policy — Problem, remedy, feasibility, cost. A policy claim quietly contains all four beneath it. Skipping the cause step is how proposals get built on a misdiagnosis.
- Who is the Kinds of Claim poster for?
- Kinds of Claim belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning rhetoric & argument can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Kinds of Claim poster?
- At the start of an essay, to check that the evidence type matches the claim type. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Kinds of Claim belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Kinds of Claim?
- The Five Canons, Deduction & Induction and The Enthymeme sit alongside Kinds of Claim in the Communications & Media section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Five CanonsDeduction & InductionThe Enthymeme
- Is the Kinds of Claim poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Kinds of Claim downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Communications & Media section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Kinds of Claim poster print at?
- Kinds of Claim is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Kinds of Claim loses nothing.Printing guide
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