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From your GEO class, you know that there are four types of evidence:
Type of Evidence | Definition |
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Examples | Concrete relevant instances that personalize concepts |
Analogies | A comparison to something the audience already understands, along with an explanation of the similarity - "X is like Y because..." |
Expert Testimony | A quotation from someone who studies the topic and/or has specialized education, training, or knowledge. |
Statistics | Numerical data that quantify ideas |
And, you know that you can search the library databases to find various types of sources, including newspaper articles, scholarly articles, books, reports, and more. Some of our most popular databases include: