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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 5

1. Make a Rationale Reasoning map of the following argument:

You should wear a seatbelt in the car as seatbelt wearers are less likely to be injured in a crash since seatbelts prevent your body from being thrown around violently.

Drag and drop sections of the above text onto the workspace to proceed.  This works with any version of Rationale.

 

Hints

  • There are TWO indicator words to identify here
  • Work out what kind of indicators they are: is what follows each a reason, objection, or position?
  • Put the claims in appropriately colored boxes
  • Work out how to arrange the boxes in your map, by asking yourself which claim a given reason provides evidence for

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 .