Question

Read this sentence: Hunting endangered whales should be outlawed. What type of claim is this sentence? A. Claim of fact B. Claim of definition C. Claim of policy D. Claim of cause and effect

Answer 1

The correct type of claim in this sentence is option C) “Claim of policy”. Claims of policy are used when claiming that certain policies should be adopted for a problem encountered. This claims usually use words such as “should” or “must”.

Claims of fact are usually objective facts or actions and rely in factual information and evidence.

Claims of definition describes when the focus of the argument is the definition of a term  

Claims of cause and effect are used when describing the causes and effects of a certain topic and how to argument a position taken.