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OCR: Next, you need to determine how the claims in the argument work. Here are some categories that should help you: definition value cause and policy A claim 0f definition explains what something means -think of all the times you ve seen word or phr rase with an asterisk (*) and some fine print below that defines what is really meant. claim of value judges some quality So you'll think something is pretty, or healthy or 'new and improved, and so on claim of cause links an effect with the reasons for it as when professor tells you that you'll get an Ain the course if you ace the final.A claim of policy suggests particular course of action Keep in mind that there C lot of overlap between these categories: Most ads for example are claims of policy on some level, since they re trying to get you to ...