premise/conclusion ; definitions

factual claim

alleged facts/reasons; offers support/evidence

enumerative definition

identifies individual members or specific instances of a term

not statements

questions, commands, imperative sentences

premises

reasons offered in support of the conclusion

etymological definition

refers to the root meaning of the word according to the language from which the term is originally derived

statement

sentence with a truth-value; either true or false

premise indicators

since, because, for, as, due to, given that, seeing that, in view of, for the reason that, after all, inasmuch, owing to, as evidenced by, in that, after all

synonymous definiton

single word that has the same intentional meaning as the word being defined

analytical definition

specifies the type of thing (the genus) the term applies to & (b) the difference between the things the term applies to & other things of the same type

conclusion

statement which someone is trying to convince others to believe

conclusion indicators

therefore, consequently, thus, it follows that, in short, whence, we may infer, hence, so, accordingly, wherefore, entails that, implies that, as a result, we may conclude

persuasive definition

value-laden, positive/negative emotions you want to avoid these definitions

argument

consists of a set of statements, one of which is the conclusion and the rest are the premises

inferential claim

made that the truth of another statement, (ex/ conclusion), follows from the premises. The arguer contends that the premises imply or entail the truth of the conclusion.

connotative definitions

name the qualities or properties that a term connotes

definitions by subclass

names smaller classes or subgroups contained in the larger class being defined

denotative definitions

pick out the members of the class that a given term denotes