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