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Objective claim |
A statement that is not true or false because someone thinks it is true or false. |
There is life on Mars. |
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Subjective claim |
A statement that is true or false because someone thinks it is true of false. |
Rocky road is the best ice cream flavor. |
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Deductive argument |
Proves or demonstrates a conclusion. |
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Inductive argument |
Supports a conclusion. |
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Vague |
If we cannot say with certainty what a phrase includes or excludes. |
She was being tortured. |
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Ambiguity |
Having more than one meaning. |
Jessica is renting her house. |
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General |
Lack of specificity. |
Mike has a pet. |
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Definition by example |
Pointing to, naming, or otherwise identifying one or more examples of the thing to which the term applies. |
A mouse is this thing right here. |
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Definition by synonym |
Giving another word or phrase that means the same thing as the term being defined. |
Pulsatile means the same thing as throbbing. |
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Analytical definition |
Specifying the features the thing must posses in order for the term being defined to apply to it. |
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