1.2 Terms Flashcards
Warning
A form of expression that is intended to put someone on guard against a dangerous or detrimental situation.
Piece of advice
A form of expression that makes a recommendation about some future decision or course of conduct.
Statement of believe or opinion
An expression about what someone happens to believe of think about something.
Loosely associated statements
May be about the same general subject, but they lack a claim that one of them is proved by the others.
Report
Consists of a group of statements that convey information about some topic or event.
Expository passage
A kind of discourse that begins with a topic sentence followed by one or more sentences that develop the topic sentence. Expand or elaborate the point. (The topic sentence).
Illustration
An expression involving one or more examples that is intended to show what something means or how it is done.
Arguments from example
An illustration that can be taken as an argument.
Explanandum
The statement that describes the event or phenomenon to be explained.
Explanans
The statement or group of statements that purports to do the explaining.
Conditional statements
An “if… then…” statement.
Antecedent
Component statement immediately following the “if”
Consequent
Component statement immediately following the “then”
Sufficient condition
A is sufficient for B when A is all that is needed for B. E.g. Being a dog is sufficient for being an animal.
Necessary condition
B is necessary for A when A cannot occur without B.
