Chapter 3 - Structure - Based Family

Question 1

What are the two main Structure question types?

Answer 1

1) Describe the role - “role” is another name for building blocks ex premise, conclusion, a counter premise, intermediate conclusion, background
2) Describe the argument

Question 2

What are the takeaways to describe the “Role” questions?

** Beware of trap answers that will be “Off” by just one or two words at the end of the sentence or phrase. So read very carefully all the way to the end to not fall in the trap.

Answer 2

Recognize the “Role” question by the use of the word “boldface”, boldface font, use of the word “role”

Goal- Identify the specific role or building block category of each boldface statement into 3 categories:

C: The conclusion

P: A premise supporting the conclusion

X: Something other than C or P

If you need to make educated guess or short on time, use:

C: The conclusion

F: A fact

O: An opinion that is NOT the conclusion.

Question 3

What are the takeaways to decribe the “Argument” quesitons?

Answer 3

Recogize the question type by the question stem (most commonly asking us how one person “responds” or “objects” to something that another person said), and by the “abstract” answer choices that address the role of the info (claim or conclusion, evidence or premise etc)