MODR 1770 : Skeleton Notes - Passage & Article Analysis.doc

• School: York University
• Department: Modes Of Reasoning
• Course: MODR 1770
• Professor: Linda Carozza

Document Summary

State the main conclusion [one sentence] (cannot be a question) Use quotations (double ) when using the author"s words. Should know when to paraphrase and when to copy paste. Then state briefly why you think you have the right answer, your evidence (don"t give step 2 stuff, if you do then you don"t know what you are doing) Main clues, based on what is written without stating the argument. Eg: title, it follows that is an indicator of a conclusion phrase. Step 2 (put all of it on one page, i. e. don"t make your reader flip pages) Extract (map) the argument need map and indented legend (exclude what are explanations/infoormation, illustrative examples, trivial definitions, personal feelings, fluff,etc. ) Main premises premise to support the conclusion. Then look at what you have left and figure out why it"s there. When extracting the structure of an argument, conclusion on top, major premises below them, then their supporting premises below them.