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OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science

How to do the Course

PART I: Paragraphs and Sentences...

SET 1: The Parts of Arguments

SET 2: Indicator Words

SET 3: Refining Claims

SET 4: Locating Arguments in Prose

SET 5: Rationale's Essay Planner

SET 6: Assessing

SET 7 : More on Assessing

Exercise 2

1. Make a Rationale Reasoning map of this form:

Use these claims:

Drag this image onto the workspace to proceed.  You must be using the inbuilt browser in Rationale 1.3 or later.

Hints:

• Change the colors of the boxes to show what sort of claim each is: a white box for the position, and green boxes for the reasons
• Identify the position, which is the main point at stake
• To work out which reason belongs at which level ask yourself: does this reason provide evidence for the position, or does it support the other reason?

2. Check your work against the model.

Content of this page drawn in whole or part from the Austhink Rationale Exercises with permission from Austhink.