AICE Thinking Skills Paper 2 Study
Guide Exam Questions and Answers
Main Conclusion - -The main claim, what the author is arguing for. Must be
supported by reasons and evidence. Some words that can help you identify
conclusions are if these words come before it: therefore, so, consequently,
etc;
- Intermediate Conclusion - -Another conclusion which then leads on to a
main for final conclusion. Made from one or more supporting reasons that
form sub-arguments. There may be two or more sub-arguments within the
larger argument.
- Reasons - -Lead to the conclusion; needed to support an
argument/conclusion
- Reliability - -Trustworthy and unmotivated to falsify evidence
- Credibility - -objective and subjective components of the believability of a
source
- Irrelevance - -Lack of connection between evidence and the conclusion
that it is intended to support
- Assumptions - -An assumption is a claim or belief that is accept as true,
even if it hasn't been proven or justified aka presumption.
Stated:
Unstated:
- Evidence - -everything that is used to determine the truth of a claim
- Anecdotal evidence - -just one story (of an unusual circumstance) **EX:
My grandfather smoked like a chimney and died healthy in a car crash at the
age of 99."**
- Counter-assertion - -If the writer presents a reason that would support an
opponent's argument, rather than a counter-argument, then the writer is
making a counter-assertion/ claim.
- Arguments - -reason(s) supporting a conclusion for or against a point of
view
- Explanations - -a reason or justification given for an action or belief.
Guide Exam Questions and Answers
Main Conclusion - -The main claim, what the author is arguing for. Must be
supported by reasons and evidence. Some words that can help you identify
conclusions are if these words come before it: therefore, so, consequently,
etc;
- Intermediate Conclusion - -Another conclusion which then leads on to a
main for final conclusion. Made from one or more supporting reasons that
form sub-arguments. There may be two or more sub-arguments within the
larger argument.
- Reasons - -Lead to the conclusion; needed to support an
argument/conclusion
- Reliability - -Trustworthy and unmotivated to falsify evidence
- Credibility - -objective and subjective components of the believability of a
source
- Irrelevance - -Lack of connection between evidence and the conclusion
that it is intended to support
- Assumptions - -An assumption is a claim or belief that is accept as true,
even if it hasn't been proven or justified aka presumption.
Stated:
Unstated:
- Evidence - -everything that is used to determine the truth of a claim
- Anecdotal evidence - -just one story (of an unusual circumstance) **EX:
My grandfather smoked like a chimney and died healthy in a car crash at the
age of 99."**
- Counter-assertion - -If the writer presents a reason that would support an
opponent's argument, rather than a counter-argument, then the writer is
making a counter-assertion/ claim.
- Arguments - -reason(s) supporting a conclusion for or against a point of
view
- Explanations - -a reason or justification given for an action or belief.
