Objectives
- Isolate the claim in a sentence
- Name the artifact that would count as evidence
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Lesson
A claim is an assertion. Evidence is an artifact: a document, measurement, recording or witness statement that can be inspected. If you cannot point to the artifact, you have a claim.
Before judging a headline, isolate what it asserts. “The mayor hid the report” contains a claim about an action and a claim about intent. Each needs its own evidence.