Directions
for the Visual Construction of the Argument
1. Click on the button
marked Tutorial at the bottom of the page, and the
tutorial
will pop
up. Look at the layout of the page and then close it
so you can finish
reading
the instructions on this page.
2. The
previous practice argument is provided again for you in
the upper left side of
the tutorial
window so you can see it while you are constructing
the visual
representation.
Below the argument, you'll see a set of symbols. This
same set of
symbols
will be available whenever you'll be asked to construct
an argument
visually.
3. The
blue triangle (symbol for the conclusion) has already
been put in place
for you
in the construction window; however, you still
have to identify
which
sentence is the conclusion. From the circled
numbers on the left, choose
the
sentence number that you think is the
conclusion. Drag that circled number
to
the center of the blue triangle and drop it
there. If it's the right sentence
number
for the conclusion, it will remain there.
If not, it will return to it's
original
location.
4. Now go
back to the set of symbols on the left. There are two
sets of arrow
symbols:
(a) a set of regular arrows and (b) a set of
arrows with a triangular
base.
The regular arrows represent reasons which are
NOT supported by other
reasons;
the arrows with triangular bases represent reasons
which
ARE SUPPORTED
by other reasons. For example, if you have a conclusion
supported
by two separate reasons which themselves are NOT
supported by
any
other reasons, then you would use the regular
arrows with the appropiate
sentence
numbers (click, drag, and place them under the
triangle).
5. If you
need to remind yourself of the Guidelines or what the
symbols stand for
while
you are constructing your argument, there are
buttons on the upper right
side
of the construction window for Guidelines and
the Symbol Key.
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