MODR 1770 Chapter 3: Saindon and Krek Critical Thinking and Argumentation
30 Jan 2019
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Assertion: a claim that someone makes, it can be supported or unsupported. Description: a statement (or set of statements) that provides an account or report of the facts, details, or particulars of a situation, event or topic. Narrative: a descriptive account that tells a story illustration: a statement that provides an example of another claim. Explanation: a statement (or set of statements), identifying the causes, context, consequences, factors influencing, or motivations of an object, process, state of affairs, or behaviour. Inference indicator: a word or phrase that indicates there is a logical relationship between one claim (or a set of claims) and another claim (or a set of claims) that function as reasons or a conclusion in an argument. Argument paraphrase: seeks to capture the core argument in the original text or dialogue.
