. A group of friends were enjoying a winter bonfire. It was very cold and they started discussing their woollen clothing. While Vimal was all praise for wool, Sathish felt that wool at times becomes itchy and requires a lot of care. Vimal, who was listening to them for quite some time, added that though it can be used both in winter and summer, wool shrinks after washing. Ashish felt that in spite of being so expensive, it attracts dust mites. What is your claim?
i. Who do you think is giving a correct statement about wool?
ii. What evidence have you used to support your claim?
iii. What is your reasoning?
iv. Why would you use it, or not use it?
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HELP MEEEEEE!!!!!
EMERGENCY!!!
Answers
Answer:
In sorting, the fleece is sent to a factory where it is broken and separated into sections of different quality fibres. The process of separating the fleece of a sheep into sections according to the quality of woollen fibres is called sorting
People will usually take your word for certain kinds of claims. These include claims about events that you have personally participated in or observed. For example, when you tell me when and where you were born, what your name is, or what you do for a living, I will usually believe you unless I have some reason to doubt you word. Likewise, if we believe people are knowledgeable about a subject, we will tend to believe what they say about that subject--to a point. And, of course, we tend to believe other people when they tell us things that we already believe. "Common knowledge" consists of a broad range of claims that most people believe as a matter of course, just because they live in the same culture. (Common knowledge might not be the same for people from a different culture, which is why it can often be harder to communicate clearly with people from another culture.)
When you write an essay, many of the claims you make will be drawn from our cultural common knowledge, which you share with your readers. But if your entire essay consists of common knowledge, it won't be a very interesting essay. You'll just be telling us what we already know, stating the obvious. Your thesis statement would be neither controversial nor informative (1.4.4.3). So if your essay is going to be interesting, if it is going to tell us something we don't already know, most of what you say will be claims that we are unsure about. Sometimes they are the kind of claims that we will accept on your authority--for example, a personal experience that illustrates your point. But unless your essay is entirely about your own experience, we probably won't accept your word for everything. (You can, of course, write a good essay just from your personal experience. But you probably can't write three. And you probably can't write one on any topic. It would require a topic that you have significant experience with.) So the major factor, often the major factor, determining whether your readers believe what you claim will be the quality of your supporting evidence.
Evidence is information that answers the question "How do you know?" of a claim you have made. Please take that question very literally. It is often hard to tell the difference at first between telling readers what you know and telling them how you know it. But to become an effective writer, in almost any context, you need to be able to ask this question repeatedly and test the answers you give for effectiveness.
Reasoning is a logical, thoughtful way of thinking. When your teacher explains the reasoning behind his classroom rules, he makes it clear exactly why and how he came up with them. ... You can also use reasoning as an adjective, to describe someone who can think logically. A reasoning adult can make decisions for herself.