When giving facts it is important to know when to be
factual. For example, you could be arguing that statutory rape is considered a
felony in California. How would you prove this notion? Simply by find the fact
from a reliable source, such as criminal law library or government website. Now
if you were trying to relate that one thing is a cause that affects the outcome
of another, you might want to consider statistical data. For example, let’s say
that does religion effect crime rates? You’ve find data like that most likely
from a sociological site that does crime reports and relational data. In this
case, you’re trying to defuse an independent and dependant variable. And you’re
arguing that perhaps religion is causing your neighborhoods crime increase.
Overall, you can easily find sources that can help determine factual arguments
or statistical analysis of persuasion. Hopefully you’re using your speech for
something good. I am sure there are probably other ways to use facts and statistics,
but for now, these are my ideas of when to use them.
I like how you gave two examples on how to use facts and statistics. I maybe would have used different supporting materials for the example you gave about rape and laws, but I also would have thrown in some facts. Government websites, like you said, are very reliable. I find that sites that end with org or gov and good sources. Your other example that had to do with religion and crime was very clear. I can definitely see how statistics would help dispute that topic. If you used that subject, there are many parts you can break it up into as well.
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