Vocabulary Building / Evidence and Argument

Words for How Sure a Claim Is

Part of the full libraryOpens January 2, 2027 · $97 for a year
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Thomas MeliSAT instructor
claimA statement an author wants you to accept as true. It needs support to be convincing.

You’ll leave with these skills

  1. Call evidence conclusive only when it settles the question
  2. Read tentative as unsettled, not wrong
  3. Separate a firm statement from firm evidence

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