Valid and Faulty Generalizations

• is one that is false, or not supported by facts

  Faulty Generalizations
• •They involve either applying broad claims to individual instances or using one or two examples to form a general conclusion.

  Faulty generalizations
• Signal words for faulty generalizations

  everyone, always, none, nobody, never, all
• it has to be supported by facts and proven with examples.

  Valid Generalization
• Signal words for valid generalizations


  some, many, often, might, few, sometimes, most, rarely, probably, typically
• A sentence with information that supports a main idea or claim

  Supporting statement
• It gives details to understand the general idea, or evidence to show why a claim is true or correct.

  supporting statement
• are usually found in the middle of a paragraph, after the topic sentence, and before a concluding sentence.

  Supporting statement