Teach the Cast
Some of ClaimCraft’s cast are still learning. When you teach them, YOU learn it best — catch what they get wrong, then quiz them.
Teach Pry
You be the teacher — Pry is still learning. Helping Pry figure it out is the practice. (Only for you; nothing is saved.)
Teach the connections
Show how the argument-building ideas connect
You've helped them one at a time. The real understanding is how the ideas CONNECT — teach that next.
Heft (evidence — the facts you weigh with care) × Lean (warrant — the BECAUSE that connects evidence to a claim)
You cite a fact, but a listener asks so what. What is missing — and how do Heft and Lean fit?
Heft then says: “If I just pile up enough facts, the argument makes itself — no reasoning needed.” — is that right?
The link: evidence is inert until a warrant connects it — Lean carries Heft to the claim.
A fact, and the because that makes it count.
Posit (claim — the point you assert for testing) × Temper (qualifiers and scope — match a claim's strength to its evidence)
The claim teens never read is easy to refute with one counterexample. What does Temper do to Posit?
Posit then says: “Always make your claim as sweeping as possible — everyone and always sound strongest.” — is that right?
The link: a claim must fit its evidence — Temper right-sizes what Posit asserts.
Claim exactly as much as your evidence carries.
Capstone — build one argument together
Three moves of a sturdy argument. Bring in the cast member for each.
Put your point on the table as something to test. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Supply the BECAUSE that connects your evidence to that claim. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Take the other side's strongest version seriously and answer it. Who?
Who do you bring in?
The synthesis: a claim to test, a warrant to connect the evidence, and a fair answer to the other side — an argument built to hold, not just to win.
Claim, connect, answer — an argument that holds.
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