the points that help explain why the author is making a certain claim

the information that supports or helps prove a claim such as facts, statistics, expert opinion, etc.

quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

adequate for supporting a claim or reason

a writer's statement of a position or opinion about a topic

facts for reasoning offered to support a position as being true

a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

closely connected to the matter at hand (for example, evidence supporting a claim)

giving credit to authors of source information; citing evidence

trusted or believable; as in trusted or believable sources

taking and using as your own the words or ideas of another