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15 Cards in this Set
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The building blocks of an argument are? |
Premise (always present) is core part Conclusion (mostly present) is core part (conclusion could be intermediate or final) Background (good to have) is non-core part Non-premise (good to have) is non-core part |
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The premise is any claim or opinion of the author that basically SUPPORTS the conclusion |
True. Always it will support the conclusion |
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The premise is often signaled by words like because of, since, due to, or as a result of. |
True. |
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The conclusion represents the author's main opinion or claim. It can be a prediction, judgement, statement of casuality, or outcome of a plan. |
True. |
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The conclusion is always supported by AT LEAST one premise. |
True. |
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The background is non core part and is less important to the argument itself but is similar to premise. |
Background is almost always fact-based. Can be in almost any form: historical info, data description of plans or ideas. |
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Counterpoint or counterpremise is non core and opposes or goes against the author's conclusion is some way. |
Counter premise can be confused with premise however, both are usually opposite. |
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To test whether a conclusion is intermediate or final, use the Because-Therefore test. |
Place the two conclusions one by one before and after the Because by putting Therefore in between and see what makes sense. The first will be intermediate and second will be final conclusion. The intermediate conclusion is also a premise in its form. |
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The premise supports the intermediate conclusion which in return supports the final conclusion |
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True. |
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Prediction about a future is always a claim not a fact. So it is not background but could be a premise or conclusion. |
True. |
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There are three types of questions |
Structure based family ques Assumption based family questions Evidence based family questions |
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Structure family questions have further two types |
Describe the Role questions (always have bold face statement/s) - two ways to solve it, by primary method (divide into core and non structure parts) or by secondary method (1. Is it fact or opinion, 2. Is it for or against the conclusion, 3. If more than two statements, then see if both of them lie on same or opposite sides of each other)
Describe the Argument questions (two people are talking in such questions and you have to explain how one responds to the other) |
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Describe the Role questions cheat sheet |
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Describe the Argument questions cheat sheet |
