Claims
Claim, Evidence, Inference: Three Parts of a Persuasive Message
Claim, evidence, and inference help you separate what a message says from what supports it and how the reasoning…
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Browse pieces on claims, sources, images, language and the habits that make a second look possible.
Sources
Who Is Speaking, and How Would They Know?
Learn how to match firsthand observation, reported information, and expertise to the questions each source can…
Images
Cropping Changes a Photograph's Frame, Not Its History
Learn to read a cropped photograph without mistaking visible detail for missing context, and use a simple routine to…
Language
The Word That Quietly Turns a Description into a Verdict
Loaded adjectives can turn a report into a verdict. Learn to spot the judgment, rewrite the sentence neutrally, and…
Habits
A Pause Before You Forward It
A pause before you forward it helps you check the exact claim, source and context, then decide whether sharing will…
Our point of view
Curiosity deserves a careful second look
A pause is not cynicism; it is room to ask what supports a claim, what remains uncertain and what context might change your reading.