Chapter 1.2 Flashcards
Illustration
Is an expression involving one or more examples that is intended to show what something means or how it is done.
Expository passage
Is a kind of discourse that begins with a topic sentence followed by one or more sentence that develop the topic sentence.
Arguments from example
An argument that purports to prove something by giving one or more examples of it.
Explanation
Is an expression that purports to shed light on some event or phenomenon.
Explanandum
Is the statement that describes the event or phenomenon to be explained.
Explanans
Is the statement or group of statements that purports to do somthing.
Conditional statement
Is an if then….
Antecedent
The component of a conditional statement immediately following the word “if”
The component if a conditional statement to the left of a horseshoe.
Consequent
The component of a conditional statement immediately following the word “then” ;the component of a conditional statement that is not the antecedent , the component of a conditional on the right of the
Sufficient condition
The condition represented by the antecedent in a conditional statement.
Necessary condition
The condition represented by the consequent in a conditional statement.