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What is the premise?

Often a fact that supports conclusion

What is the conclusion?

It's the big claim that needs support and is always an opinion, prediction or guess

Argument = .....

Premise + Conclusion

True or False: the conclusion can support a premise

False: it's likely another premise instead of a conclusion. Conclusions do not support arguments.

Premise or Conclusion: Therefore

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: Because

Premise

Premise or Conclusion: Thus

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: Since

Premise

Premise or Conclusion: For this reason

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: For

Premise

Premise or Conclusion: So

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: After all

Premise

Premise or Conclusion: It follows that

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: Consequently

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: As a result

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: We can conclude that

Conclusion

Premise or Conclusion: This fact provides evidence for the hypothesis that

Conclusion

What are these? Even though, Though, Although, Whereas, While it is true that

Concessions, acknowledges counterpoint but not changing sides

What are these? Nevertheless, But, Yet, However, Even so

Counterpoints that go against the conclusion

Use the therefore test to...

Figure out the conclusion

When I see Since before a fill in the blank...

I'm looking for a reason why and it should strengthen the argument