3 Types of Evidence

What type of evidence is the following passage?

“. . . the National Center for Statistics and Analysis reported that 8,278 adolescents were involved in fatal crashes. In 2003 alone, teenagers were involved in an estimated 1.5 million accidents.”

• Logical Evidence

• Factual/Empirical Evidence

• Anecdotal Evidence

What type of evidence is the following passage?

“It went under the water and disappeared for probably 30 to 40 seconds and then came back up again,” said Mrs. Hargreaves. “It was around for a good four to five minutes. It was just so strange.”

• Logical Evidence

• Factual/Empirical Evidence

• Anecdotal Evidence

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CCSS.RI.7.1

What type of evidence is the following passage?

"The probability that there is intelligent life somewhere other than earth increases as we discover more and more solar systems that seem capable of sustaining life."

• Logical Evidence

• Factual/Empirical Evidence

• Anecdotal Evidence

An example of logical evidence is...

• There has been a steady decline in the crime rate from 223 per 10,000 residents to 175 per 10,000 last year.

• Many studies have proven that too much sun is not good for your skin.

• Susan saw that there was a girl who littered outside of school.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

An example of factual/empirical evidence is...

• One time, I saw a bird eat a worm.

• About 1,500 students in the U.S. do not eat breakfast on a daily basis.

• The temperature of a thermometer.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

An example of anecdotal evidence is...

• A study done by scientists

• Twitter or Facebook

• An interview with a famous person

What type of evidence is the LEAST reliable?

• Logical Evidence

• Factual/Empirical Evidence

• Anecdotal Evidence

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

What makes an argument a good argument?

• If we yell at each other back and forth

• Having a strong claim

• Having good evidence, facts, or statistics

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

What are the three types of evidence?

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos

• Facts, statistics, and reasoning

• Empirical, anecdotal, and logical

What is the most CONVINCING type of evidence you can use?

• It depends on your audience

• Factual/Empirical

• Logical

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CCSS.SL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1B