5. Label the sentence with the appropriate Toulmin model element.
To change the node in question, click on the details tab and then the heading to bring up the heading/summary editor. There is a set of options immediatly below the heading/summary window of different colors and titles. Select the appropriate option and click save.

There can be many ways of doing this, even as simple as a chart, but there is value in being able to read the original argument as a common paragraph. Therefore, the following formatting suggestions offer a common way to label elements of an argument with the least amount of clutter possible.

 

Element

Format

Claim

Bold

Data

Underline

 

Warrant

Italics

Backing

Boxed

Rebuttal

Bold underline

 

Qualifier

Bold italics

For this argument, the result is:

 

Analyzed

To be analyzed

The myth that video games cause violent behavior is undermined by scientific research and common sense.

According to FBI statistics, youth violence has declined in recent years as computer and video game popularity soared. We do not claim that the increased popularity of games caused the decline, but the evidence makes a mockery of the suggestion that video games cause violent behavior. Indeed, as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declared: "The state has not produced substantial evidence that…violent video games cause psychological or neurological harm to minors."

 

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Modeling arguments. »Modeling arguments.
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Video game example. »Video game example.
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5. Label the sentence with the appropriate Toulmin model element.
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Don't claim that video games lower youth violence. »Don't claim that video games lower youth violence.
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Evidence makes a mockery of link between video games and behavior. »Evidence makes a mockery of link between video games and behavior.
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Supreme court notes the lack of evidence. »Supreme court notes the lack of evidence.
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Youth violence has declined as video game popularity soared. »Youth violence has declined as video game popularity soared.
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Evidence undermines the link between video games and behavior. »Evidence undermines the link between video games and behavior.
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