Types of Claims
Answers: What caused it? Where did it come from? What are some possible effects of it?
What is Claim of Cause?
Potential objections possibly encountered in an argument.
What is anticipated objection?
Infers a general conclusion based on individual cases.
What is inductive reasoning?
A statement that expresses an opinion
What is a claim?
What is validity?
Answers: Did it happen? Does it exist? Is it true?
What is Claim of Fact?
Facts used to support the argument
What is evidence/data/grounds?
Starts with a general truth and applies that general truth to a specific case.
What is deductive reasoning?
A type of inductive reasoning that hypothesizes the causes and the outcomes of particular events.
What is arguing from cause and effect?
A syllogism with an unstated premise.
What is enthymeme?
Answers: Is it good or bad? Is it moral or immoral? To whom?
What is Claim of Value?
Words that show limits of claims.
What are qualifiers?
The intent of this type of reasoning is to come to a guaranteed conclusion with certainty and proof.
What is deductive reasoning?
The opposite side of your opinion/claim.
What is counterclaim?
A claim that utilizes logic, evidence, and/or persuasive appeals to arrive at a consensus with an intended audience.
What is an argument?
Answers: What is it? How should we define it? What is it like?
What is Claim of Definition?
Explanation of counterclaim and why it is wrong.
The intent of this reasoning is to form a likely conclusion with reasonable confidence that it is probably true.
What is inductive reasoning?
When an author specifically excludes a case from an argument.
What is exception?
Basis for a claim
What are reasons?
Answers: What should we do about it? How should we act?
What is Claim of Policy?
Links the evidence/data/grounds to the claim.
What is warrant?
A type of inductive reasoning that uses a lengthy comparison between two things.
What is argument from analogy?
What is syllogism?
The following is an example of what?
Humans are mortal. Gabe is a human. Therefore, Gabe is mortal.