Question

Jose gives a speech in which he argues that laws applying to traveling carnivals should not

be the same as laws applying to amusement parks because the two are clearly different

entities. What type of claim is Jose making?

(A) definitional claim

(B) factual claim

(C) policy claim

(D) attitude claim.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Definitional claims are claims over the denotation or classification of what something is. In essence, we are trying to argue for what something is or what something is not. Most definitional claims falling to a basic argument formula: X is (or is not) a Y because it has (or does not have) features A, B, or C.