Deconstruction: Identifying and evaluating arguments (Vocab)

Assumption

• A stated reason that needs to be included for an argument to work successfully.

• a separate direction or type of argument that leads to the conclusion.

• An unstated reason that needs to be included for an argument to work successfully.

• A feature of an argument that makes it more likely it will be accepted.

evidence

• to show understanding of something in a text by describing it in additional details.

• a separate direction or type of argument that leads to the conclusion.

• facts or other data supporting reasons or claims.

• A feature of an argument that makes it more likely it will be accepted.

line of argument

• A stated reason that needs to be included for an argument to work successfully.

• a separate direction or type of argument that leads to the conclusion.

• An unstated reason that needs to be included for an argument to work successfully.

• A feature of an argument that makes it more likely it will be accepted.

decoding

• a list of codes that could be used to access information.

• extract from a text that challenges the conclusion.

• reading text by mapping the marks on the page to less substantial meaning.

• reading text by mapping the marks on the page to specific meanings

inferential gap

• A feature of an argument that makes it more likely it will be accepted.

• a separate direction or type of argument that leads to the conclusion.

• An unstated reason that needs to be included for an argument to work successfully.

• the distance between a reason and the conclusion it supports.

evaluate

• A feature of an argument that makes it more likely it will be accepted.

• a separate direction or type of argument that leads to the conclusion.

• An unstated reason that needs to be included for an argument to work successfully.

• To identify the strengths and weaknesses of something in order to make a judgement about it.

to make judgement based on evidence

a technique that inserts the word "..." into a text to test whether or not it is an argument.

an unsupported claim

A claim about the world that we are asked to accept based on reasons.