1. Types of Support
To Support (V): to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.

2. 4 Main Types of Support
Fact
Statistic
Example
Expert Opinion

3. Fact True details, including results of research or surveys.
Example: We are guaranteed five rights in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

4. Statistic Facts in number form.
Example: “20 percent of high school seniors can be classified as being functionally illiterate at the time they graduate.”

5. Example Specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts.
“Martin Luther King, Jr. used his right to freedom of speech when he gave his “I Have A Dream” speech.

6. Expert Opinion Quotations from experts in a given subject area.
Example: Dr. Smith states, “students who do not read for pleasure face more challenges in school.”