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| Unsupported assertions are |
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| passages that are not arguments. |
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| a sets of statements intended to provide information about a situation, topic, or event. |
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| statements together with explanatory or clarifying examples. |
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| Explanatory statements are |
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| statements that provide a causal or other reason for some phenomenon. |
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| Conditional statements are |
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| A well crafted version of an argument is |
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| an argument that is stated in such a way that its important logical features are explicit. |
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| words that are typically followed by a premise. For example, because, since, for, as, after all. |
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| Conclusion indicators are |
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| words that are typically followed by a conclusion. For example, so, therefore, hence, thus. |
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| a word or statement that adds nothing to the argument. Typical examples include discounts, repetition, assurances, and hedges. |
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| an argument that has one or more premises or its conclusion left implicit. |
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