EVIDENCE ESSAY

Evidence, mostly interpreted, is whatever thing offered in support of a declaration. This support may possibly be outstanding otherwise weak. The strongest sort of proof is that which gives unswerving evidence of the fact of an affirmation. At the other farthest end is evidence that is simply reliable with an allegation but does not decree out additional, conflicting contentions, as in conditional evidence.

The main function of evidence is to ascertain proof about whatever one is putting down on paper. Without the provision of any evidence during writing to support them, any statement one makes very little or rather no value to the reader. They are merely opinions based on one’s own understanding on the subject of discussion and different people may have different evidence for a single subject of discussion. However, none may be extra legitimate than the other except if there exists an obvious and a strong substantiation in support to the argument.

It is very easy to recognize a statement of evidence in writing. This is because, in an argument, there are three parts namely, claim, reasons and finally evidence. The first part which is the claim put across the subject of discussion; the reasons part gives information on why the claim made should be accepted by the readers, then lastly the evidence is laid to affirm whatever the facts the writer offers.

More often than not, writing assignments do need the writer to create an argument. There are different means by which one can incorporate evidence in the writing. One may choose to use graphs, table, charts or other visuals tools like photographs or rather descriptions with captions. However, in most situations, the writer can include the evidence as a text during his writing by means of summary, inserting a quotation or by paraphrasing.

Reference

Ferrari, R. (2015). Writing narrative style literature reviews. Medical Writing, 24(4), 230-235.