Question

claims and evidence
what is a claim?
claim = statement + arguable

• arguable means something that can be argued for or against.
• arguable means the statement is opinion based and not based on fact.
• e.g. goldilocks was a terrible girl.

this is a claim because someone can agree or disagree with it based on evidence.
evidence = proof; support; textual evidence

• e.g. goldilocks was a terrible girl

textual evidence:
she broke into the bears home
she ate the bears food, which is theft
she slept in the bears bed as if it was her own
evidence is strongest when it is relevant.
relevant evidence is directly related to the claim
irrelevant evidence has nothing to do with the claim
you must collect a large amount of evidence and then determine whether it is relevant or
irrelevant
you should always acquire more evidence than what you need to organize it from
strongest to weakest relevant evidence
claim + strong, relevant evidence
the best way to support your claim is with strong, relevant evidence
a claim with strong, relevant evidence develops a rationale or explanation
how do you provide evidence for a literary
analysis?
popular proof
opinion based proof
textual proof

Explanation:

The left side of the image explains the concepts of claims and evidence in a literary context. A claim is an arguable statement (opinion - based, not fact - based). Evidence is proof/support, and textual evidence (like in the Goldilocks example) is key. The right side asks how to provide evidence for a literary analysis. Among the options, textual proof aligns with the emphasis on textual evidence (as shown in the Goldilocks example where specific textual actions of Goldilocks are used as evidence) in the left - side explanation.

Answer:

textual proof