claims

• Whenever you read and you evaluateclaims, seek definitions, judgeinformation, demand proof, and questionassumptions, you are thinking critically
• claim

  persuades, argues, convinces, proves, or provocatively suggests something to a reader who may or may not initially agree with you.
• Academic claims are different—often more complex, nuanced, specific, and detailed
• A claim is the main argument of an essay. It is probably the single most important part of an academic paper
• A claim defines your paper’s goals, direction, scope, and exigence and is supported by evidences
• A claim must be argumentative
• good claim is specific
• EXPLICIT claim 

  claim is clearly written and explained in the text so the reader will not be confused. 
• IMPLICIT claim

  is something that is implied, but not stated outright in the text
• CLAIM OF FACT

  states a quantifiable assertion, or a measurable topic.

  assert that something has existed, exists or will exist based on data.q

  relies on credible sources or systematic procedures to be validated.
• CLAIM OF VALUE

  are based on personal taste or practices and morality.

  It argues whether something is goodor bad.

  a statement about which is better, more important, more desirable, more needed, or more useful. 
• CLAIM OF POLICY

  often describes a problem and then suggests ways to solve it
• MIXED CLAIMS

  one type of claim may predominate, but other types may also be present as supporting arguments or sub claims