Practice Uncovering an Argument: Litmus Test
This question set presents you with an everyday argument expressed in ordinary language and asks you to identify its basic components, distinguish its essential from its non-essential content, and translate it into standard form.
For further opportunities to practice these skills, you can access a series of similar exercises in the pathway Practice Uncovering Arguments.
Topics
- argument
- argument form
- components of an argument
- conclusion
- conclusion indicator
- essential content
- essential premise
- explicit conclusion
- explicit premise
- high school
- implicit conclusion
- implicit premise
- non-essential content
- ordinary language argument
- premise
- premise indicator
- reasoning
- reasons
- scientific reasoning
- standard form argument
- tone
- translating an argument
- uncovering an argument
- unstated conclusion
- unstated premise