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The Toulmin model

12th grade (Year 13 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: RI.11-12.8, W.11-12.1.A, W.11-12.1.B · England: AP Language, AP Seminar, A-level Critical Thinking

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  1. Question 1

    Which part of the Toulmin model matches this description? A word or phrase that limits how strongly the claim is made.

    • A. grounds
    • B. backing
    • C. warrant
    • D. qualifier

  2. Question 2

    Which part of a Toulmin argument is this sentence? In a pilot, students at four schools attended more regularly under a four-day timetable.

    • A. warrant
    • B. rebuttal
    • C. qualifier
    • D. grounds

  3. Question 3

    Type the part of the Toulmin model (in English) that matches this description. The assumption that links the evidence to the claim, often unstated.

    Answer

The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

  1. Question 4

    Read "The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)". Lincoln says the speakers 'can not' dedicate the ground. What claim does this support?

    • A. that the battlefield should be sold
    • B. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work
    • C. that the war was not important
    • D. that the ceremony should be cancelled

  1. Question 5

    Which part of the Toulmin model matches this description? Extra support for the warrant itself.

    • A. grounds
    • B. rebuttal
    • C. claim
    • D. backing

  2. Question 6

    Which part of a Toulmin argument is this sentence? This would not work if families had no childcare on the fifth day, so a supervised study day should be offered.

    • A. backing
    • B. claim
    • C. qualifier
    • D. rebuttal

  3. Question 7

    Type the part of the Toulmin model (in English) that matches this description. The position the arguer wants the audience to accept.

    Answer

The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

  1. Question 8

    Read "The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)". Lincoln says the speakers 'can not' dedicate the ground. What claim does this support?

    • A. that the ceremony should be cancelled
    • B. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work
    • C. that the war was not important
    • D. that the battlefield should be sold

  1. Question 9

    Which part of the Toulmin model matches this description? The evidence or facts offered to support the claim.

    • A. grounds
    • B. qualifier
    • C. claim
    • D. warrant

  2. Question 10

    Which part of a Toulmin argument is this sentence? This would not work if families had no childcare on the fifth day, so a supervised study day should be offered.

    • A. warrant
    • B. qualifier
    • C. claim
    • D. rebuttal

  3. Question 11

    Type the part of the Toulmin model (in English) that matches this description. The assumption that links the evidence to the claim, often unstated.

    Answer

The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

  1. Question 12

    Read "The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)". Lincoln says the speakers 'can not' dedicate the ground. What claim does this support?

    • A. that the ceremony should be cancelled
    • B. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work
    • C. that the war was not important
    • D. that the battlefield should be sold

  1. Question 13

    Which part of the Toulmin model matches this description? The position the arguer wants the audience to accept.

    • A. grounds
    • B. rebuttal
    • C. qualifier
    • D. claim

  2. Question 14

    Which part of a Toulmin argument is this sentence? Research consistently links regular attendance with better exam results.

    • A. warrant
    • B. rebuttal
    • C. backing
    • D. qualifier

  3. Question 15

    Type the part of the Toulmin model (in English) that matches this description. The assumption that links the evidence to the claim, often unstated.

    Answer

The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

  1. Question 16

    Read "The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln, 1863)". Lincoln says the speakers 'can not' dedicate the ground. What claim does this support?

    • A. that the war was not important
    • B. that the battlefield should be sold
    • C. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work
    • D. that the ceremony should be cancelled

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Answer key: The Toulmin model

  1. 1. D. qualifier

  2. 2. D. grounds

  3. 3. warrant

  4. 4. B. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work

  5. 5. D. backing

  6. 6. D. rebuttal

  7. 7. claim

  8. 8. B. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work

  9. 9. A. grounds

  10. 10. D. rebuttal

  11. 11. warrant

  12. 12. B. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work

  13. 13. D. claim

  14. 14. C. backing

  15. 15. warrant

  16. 16. C. that the soldiers' actions matter more than any words, so the living must continue their work