MAGCALAS • MICLAT • REYES • MANICAD

CLAIM OF
VALUE
RIVERA • ADVINCULA • YUMUL
11 - SOCRATES
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Watching Miracle in Cell No. 7 is just a

waste of money.
 Claim of Value

• Expresses the preference of a person (likes, dislikes, tastes, etc.).

• Makes judgements and argues the rightness or wrongness, beauty or
ugliness, and usefulness or uselessness of a belief.
 Person A Person B

Own Criteria/Standards Own Criteria/Standards

Judgments
≠ Judgments
 Claim of
Claim of Claim of
Cause and
Definition Policy
Effect

Claim of Claim of
Fact Value
 Claim of Definition
 These are claims that
particularly defines a term
(Sanders, 2016)
Claim of Cause and Effect Claim of Policy
 These are claims that
particularly show the causes  These are claims that
and effects. command an action
 It generally answers “How (Robertson, 2018)
did this happen?” and “Why  What should be done (jazq,
did this happen?” (Ross, 1425, 2012)
n.d.)
 Claim of Fact
• Statements that report, describe, predict, or make
casual claims (Robertson, 2018)
• Asserts that a condition has existed, exists, or will
exist
• Relies on factual information for support
• Opinions drawn by inference
• Can be objectively proven
• Proving a claim of fact involves proving the
inference you have made is reasonable
• Often phrased with action verbs
Claim of Value
• Statements that advance judgments (Robertson,
2018)
• Asserts that some action, belief, or condition is
right or wrong, good or bad, desirable or
undesirable, etc.
• Relies on providing reasonable standards of
judgment for support
• Judgments that express approval or disapproval of
standards, taste, and/or morality
• Subjective in nature; cannot be objectively proven
• Proving a claim of value involves arriving at
reasonable standards of judgment that readers
will accept
• Often phrased with linking verbs.
#ClaimOf_Value

1 Soccer is a boring sport.

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2
Smoking is unhealthy for
someone like you.
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3
Cellphones are valuable and
perhaps even necessary.
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4 Your new house is beautiful.

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5 Stealing is wrong and unlawful.

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6 Pornography is dehumanizing.
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The rights of an individual are

7 more important than the rights

of the community.
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Military boot camp is a

8 degrading and humiliating

experience.
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9
Cats are the best pets for
humans.
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Global warming will impact

future generations and
eventually ruin the environment.
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1
Cheating men are undesirable
for women.
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The hunting of animals is a

1 barbaric practice.
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Public schools are better than

1 private schools.
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Heartland relies less on state

taxpayer funding than ISU.
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Science Fiction novels are more

1 interesting to read than romance

novels.
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1 Dogs make the best pets.

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1 Mercy killing is immoral.

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Death Penalty does not deter

crime.
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Computers are a valuable

1 addition to modern society.

 #ClaimOf_Value

Viewing television is a wasteful

1 activity.
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Sororities and fraternities are the

1 best extracurricular organizations

for college students to join.
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Illegal immigrants are

ruining the American
economy.
*
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Students who listen to rap

music are more likely to
commit violent acts.
 #ClaimOf_Value

Harry Potter is a positive role

1 model for children.

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Drunk driving is one of the most

20 selfish things a person can do.

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Schools are doing everything

21 they can to prepare graduating

seniors for college.
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Prayer in public schools has

created much debate in the
field of education.
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Movements will be best in

integration in long term
because of moral
ascendency.
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The poor is vulnerable, they

do not have the power to
challenge the system.
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Poverty alleviation is
damaging the treatment of
the poor.
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It is unjust to put the burden

to marginalized people when
the system favors the elite.
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No matter how hard you

work, there is no word that
you will be the best.
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Hardworker without
diploma has low success.
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If you don’t work hard, you

are lazy.
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People will only give you

what you deserve when you
start working for it.
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Support systems are not

sustainable when there is no
effort from the people.
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Hard work is needed to get

opportunities.
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It’s disempowering if you

tell them that “this is how
high you can get”
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Being poor carry a burden of

having unrealistic
expectations.
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Philippines is politically
volatile hence people must
learn to be independent.
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Hard work does not solve

poverty.
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“Success depends on the

benevolence of the rich”
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You are still poor even if

you work hard.
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If you will not rally, the

government will think there
is nothing wrong.
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If the only hope you have is

hard work and government,
then it’s no good.
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No matter how hard you

work, you will not succeed.
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The only way to succeed it

through the state.
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Your hard work will not

always be appreciated.
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Hard work is irrelevant if

the elites won’t recognize
them.
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Hard work equals poverty

alleviation is damaging the
ability to change the system.
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You can’t reward hard work

w/o reform.
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You can’t appreciate and

reward hard work without
structural change.
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Hard work cannot transcend

structural barriers.
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It is not hard work that leads

you to success but the pity
of the rich.
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Thank you!