9/14 Reader Response
Types of Supports
- Statistics
- Quotes
- Facts from documents
- Data showing effects; tables
- Bandwagon
- Allusions to important figures or companies today
- Authoritative comments
- Factual statements
We use support in arguments for many reasons; here are a few. One, we need to really make our readers understand our point of view. There can be no hole which they can find in our argument. Support helps answer all questions readers might ask to counter your argument and cover all points to our argument. Two, we need to make our point clearer. Using support, and an efficient amount of it, will leave no room for your reader to be confused. A persuasive article needs to have sufficient support to really succeed as a paper.
Not only do we use supports, but we also use a variety of supports. If you wrote a whole paper using one kind of support, it would be a pretty boring read. Therefore, more variety in your paper will add interest and diversity. It also helps cover your paper from different perspectives your reader might have. You can get a quote from a figurehead or important cooperation, or tell a story in which your argument point happened. This will help grab your reader’s attention no matter if they’re rich or poor, liberal or radical, young or old, and male or female. Support is needed throughout your entire paper. An argument would be pretty useless without supporting details. You wouldn’t really be able to make your point strong and considerable. Supports are a necessity.