1. English B1A
Warrants

2. Argument
Warrants
Claim
Reason
Evidence
Counterargument

3. Warrants Warrants connect your claim to your reason
Academic warrants “are specific principles of reasoning that particular communities of researchers develop over centuries of thinking and writing” (154).
“Advanced researchers rarely state warrants in their research because they assume that their readers know them, and so stating them would seem condescending” (154).

4. Warrants When should you state a warrant?
If your readers are new to your field
If you use new or controversial reasoning
If you face a hostile audience

5. Activity
Read through “What’s Happened to Disney Films” by John Evans. Diagram his argument.
What is his main claim or thesis statement?
What are his reasons?
What is his evidence?
What are his warrants? They are often unstated here, so you’ll have to read in-between the lines to find them.