ILRLR 3300 Study Guide Questions and Answers
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reservation - ✔✔a statement that acknowledges the existence of an argument, evidence,
or an attitude opposing the conclusion being advanced
evidence - ✔✔a reason rooted in observation
connectives - ✔✔reasons that consist of beliefs, values, assumptions, or generalizations
that link evidence to a conclusion
propositions of fact - ✔✔statements that report, describe, predict, or make causal claims
fact - ✔✔a claim that can potentially be verified as either true or false
predictive - ✔✔making claims about the future
,propositions of value - ✔✔statements that advance judgments about morality,
beauty, merit, or wisdom
criteria of evaluation - ✔✔the standards on which a value judgement is based
propositions of policy - ✔✔statements that urge that an action be taken or discontinued
deductive arguments - ✔✔arguments that lead to necessary conclusions when their
reasons are true
premises - ✔✔the reasons in a deductive argument
necessary conclusion - ✔✔a particular conclusion to which the reasons or premises in
a deductive argument - when accepted as true - unavoidably lead
inductive arguments - ✔✔arguments whose reasons lead to probable conclusions
probable conclusion - ✔✔a conclusion that can be shown to be more or less likely, but
not necessary
inductive leap - ✔✔a reasoning process in which the conclusion of an inductive
argument moves beyond its stated evidence
, scanning - ✔✔identifying and marking the statements in an argument, as well as
underlining indicators and cues
statement - ✔✔any phrase or sentence that supplies a portion of the argument's content
or meaning
standardizing - ✔✔making each statement or implied statement in the argument a
complete sentence, changing indefinite references such as pronouns to the definite nouns they
represent, and placing reasons above the conclusions they support
diagramming - ✔✔mapping the argument, using only the letters assigned during
scanning, and drawing lines from reasons to the conclusion they support
complementary reasons - ✔✔Pairs of reasons that must work together to support
the conclusion.
linguistic link - ✔✔a repeated phrase or term that links statements to one another
intermediate conclusion - ✔✔a conclusion that is then used as a reason for some
additional conclusion
Toulmin Model: claim - ✔✔the assertion being advanced
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reservation - ✔✔a statement that acknowledges the existence of an argument, evidence,
or an attitude opposing the conclusion being advanced
evidence - ✔✔a reason rooted in observation
connectives - ✔✔reasons that consist of beliefs, values, assumptions, or generalizations
that link evidence to a conclusion
propositions of fact - ✔✔statements that report, describe, predict, or make causal claims
fact - ✔✔a claim that can potentially be verified as either true or false
predictive - ✔✔making claims about the future
,propositions of value - ✔✔statements that advance judgments about morality,
beauty, merit, or wisdom
criteria of evaluation - ✔✔the standards on which a value judgement is based
propositions of policy - ✔✔statements that urge that an action be taken or discontinued
deductive arguments - ✔✔arguments that lead to necessary conclusions when their
reasons are true
premises - ✔✔the reasons in a deductive argument
necessary conclusion - ✔✔a particular conclusion to which the reasons or premises in
a deductive argument - when accepted as true - unavoidably lead
inductive arguments - ✔✔arguments whose reasons lead to probable conclusions
probable conclusion - ✔✔a conclusion that can be shown to be more or less likely, but
not necessary
inductive leap - ✔✔a reasoning process in which the conclusion of an inductive
argument moves beyond its stated evidence
, scanning - ✔✔identifying and marking the statements in an argument, as well as
underlining indicators and cues
statement - ✔✔any phrase or sentence that supplies a portion of the argument's content
or meaning
standardizing - ✔✔making each statement or implied statement in the argument a
complete sentence, changing indefinite references such as pronouns to the definite nouns they
represent, and placing reasons above the conclusions they support
diagramming - ✔✔mapping the argument, using only the letters assigned during
scanning, and drawing lines from reasons to the conclusion they support
complementary reasons - ✔✔Pairs of reasons that must work together to support
the conclusion.
linguistic link - ✔✔a repeated phrase or term that links statements to one another
intermediate conclusion - ✔✔a conclusion that is then used as a reason for some
additional conclusion
Toulmin Model: claim - ✔✔the assertion being advanced
