What you should now know.

If you have completed the two previous lessons you should now know and understand

  • the difference between expressing an opinion, giving an explanation, and offering an argument.
  • the difference between premises and conclusions.
  • what it means to put an argument into standard form
  • what is meant by an inference bar
  • how to identify the conclusion in an argument
  • what is meant by premise and conclusion indicators and how to avoid possible misidentification of these.
  • how to extract and clarify an argument.