The Toulmin Model Explained
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English professor Michaella Thornton, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, explains the basic components of the Toulmin framework and why Stephen Toulmin's model is especially helpful in dissecting and analyzing everyday arguments. This video will be particularly helpful to students as they write the 1-2 paragraph summary of the author's argument for the Rhetorical Analysis Essay (aka, Essay 1).