Toulmin method link and example

http://www.unl.edu/speech/comm109/Toulmin/layout.htm

 

Here is an example from John Gage’s

various parts of an argument are labeled:

The Shape of Reason in which the

Congress should ban animal research

have no necessary benefit for humans such as the testing of cosmetics (

animals is more important than the profits of the cosmetics industry (

authority to make such a law (Warrant) because the corporations can simply move from state to

state to avoid legal penalties (

(

So, the law would probably

(Claim #1) because animals are tortured in experiments thatData). The well being ofWarrant). Only congress has theBacking). Of course, this ban should not apply to medical researchQualifier). A law to ban all research would go too far (Rebuttal).

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