PrintAs you study, ask yourself
- What is the essential element of an argument or position?
- Is there a hidden agenda?
- What is the essential information to support the argument?
- Are the facts true or are they only assumptions?
3 Dots represented within a spoken blurb
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- What information would weaken or refute the argument?
- Is this information available elsewhere, but not provided in the article?
- What information would significantly strengthen the argument?
- Is it available and is it false or true?
- What correlation or associations are suggested?