1. James A. Herrick Chapter 2
ARGUMENTATION
James A. Herrick
Chapter 2

2. Claim
A claim is statement the advocate believes or is in the process of evaluating.

3. REASON
A reason is a statement advanced for the purpose of establishing a claim.

4. CONCLUSION
A conclusion is a claim that has been reached by the process of reasoning.

5. CASE
A case is a series of arguments, all advanced to support the same general contention or se of conclusions.

6. Structure of inferences
A structure of inferences is the relationships among the reasons and the conclusions in the argument.

7. Connectives
Connectives are reasons that consist of beliefs, values, assumptions, or generalizations that link evidence to a conclusion.

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