Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________

SPACE CAT and Evidence Analysis Notetaker

Text Title: ____________________________________________________________
Speaker

Purpose

Audience

Context

Exigence (and Kairos)

Choices (Rhetorical
Strategies)

Appeals
(What creates them?
What effect do they
have on the
audience?)
Tone
(What creates this?
Why does it matter?
What effect does this
have on the
audience?)
Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________

Directions: Divide your text into sections that make sense to you. For each section, write the main claim that the author is making. Indicate
whether it is implicit or explicit, then indicate what type of claim it is. Then list the evidence the author uses to prove that claim, indicate what type
of evidence it is and then evaluate the effectiveness of the evidence.

Section Claim Evidence Evaluation

Circle One: Implicit/explicit
Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy

Claim: _____________________
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Circle One: Implicit/explicit

Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy

Claim: _____________________
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Circle One: Implicit/explicit
Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy
Claim: _____________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
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Circle One: Implicit/explicit

Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy
Claim: _____________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________

Circle One: Implicit/explicit

Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy
Claim: _____________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
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Circle One: Implicit/explicit
Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy
Claim: _____________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________

Circle One: Implicit/explicit

Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy
Claim: _____________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________

Circle One: Implicit/explicit

Circle One: Claim of Fact/ Claim of
Value/ Claim of policy
Claim: _____________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
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