Analogy - correct answer ✔✔a comparison between things that are basically dissimilar made for the
purpose of illuminating our understanding of the things being compared
Simile - correct answer ✔✔an explicit comparison between basically dissimilar things made for the
purpose of illuminating our understanding of the things being compared
Metaphor - correct answer ✔✔an implied comparison between basically dissimilar things made for the
purpose of illuminating our understanding of the things being compared
Argument - correct answer ✔✔a form of thinking in which certain statements (reasons) are offered in
support of
another statement (a conclusion)
Reasons - correct answer ✔✔statements that support another statement (known as a conclusion),
justify it, or make it more probable
Conclusion - correct answer ✔✔a statement that explains, asserts, or predicts on the basis of statements
(known as reasons) that are offered as evidence for it
Valid Argument - correct answer ✔✔an argument in which the reasons support the conclusion so that
the conclusion follows from the reasons offered
Invalid Argument - correct answer ✔✔an argument in which the reasons do not support the conclusion
so that the conclusion does not follow from the reasons offered
Deductive Argument - correct answer ✔✔an argument form in which one reasons from premises that
are known or assumed to be true to a conclusion that follows necessarily from these premises
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