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assignment

Read p. 2-10.
Watch this video on arguments and explanations.
Complete this homework exercise (20 questions) and submit your answers here.

TIP: For your homework, you will need to understand the difference between an explanation and an argument. Sometimes, conclusion indicators and/or premise indicators will be present. If so, they can help to identify the passage as an argument. However, the absence of those indicators does NOT necessarily mean the passage is an explanation. In other words, you cannot rule out the possibility of the passage being an argument simply because it lacks indicator words. An argument will have a single conclusion that all the other sentences will support. On the other hand, an explanation will expound upon something (describe what it is or why it is that way). A conclusion is not found in an explanation. So, it will prove helpful to you to try to first identify indicator words and then try to identify a conclusion. Those steps will help you figure out if you are reading an argument or an explanation. Please remember that you will have to read a passage several times to make this determination.

Read p. 23-26, 30-41, and 44-47.
Watch this video on deductive and inductive arguments.
Complete this homework exercise (10 questions) and submit your answers here.

TIP: The difference between a deductive argument and an inductive argument is that, assuming the premises are true, a deductive argument’s conclusion is necessarily true while an inductive argument’s conclusion is probably true. So, the difference between an deductive argument and an inductive argument is based on the relationship between the premises and the conclusion.

study guide

For this section, you need to have a basic understanding of the following terms:

- - conclusion indicator
  - premise indicator
  - rhetorical question
  - enthymeme
  - deductive argument
  - inductive argument
  - validity
  - valid argument
  - invalid argument
  - truth
  - sound
  - unsound

REMEMBER THAT ALL WORK IS DUE MONDAY AT 11:59PM.