Fact

Opinion

Prediction

Value Judgement

Issue

Cause

Consequenc

Personal Perspective

Local Perspective

National Perspective

Global Perspective

Reasons for doing a specific action

Evaluating An issue

Strengths of an argument

Weaknesses

Possible types of information for testing claims

possible sources of information for testing claims

possible methods for testing claims

While evaluating reasoning in source materials, consider:

Assessing courses of action