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    The document discusses recognizing different types of premises in arguments. It provides examples of short arguments and categorizes each premise as background (co-premise), declarative, or rebuttal. It explains that identifying these premise types is important for understanding arguments.

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    The document discusses recognizing different types of premises in arguments. It provides examples of short arguments and categorizes each premise as background (co-premise), declarative, or rebuttal. It explains that identifying these premise types is important for understanding arguments.

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    Recognizing Premises

     Categorize each premise. State whether it


    is a co-premise (background premise), a
    declarative premise or a Rebuttal.
     There is one example that has been done
    for you in the next slide.
    Recognizing Premises
     Ram is a racing driver. He has  Ram is a racing driver
    a great car and has excellent (BACKGROUND). He has a
    driving skills. Some people great car and has excellent
    underestimate his driving skills driving skills (DECLARATIVE).
    but he is much better than
    most drivers. He also knows Some people underestimate
    how to conserve fuel and his driving skills but he is
    lastly, he is an excellent much better than most drivers
    overtaker. Therefore, ram will (REBUTTAL). He also knows
    probably do well at the road how to conserve fuel and
    race to be held soon. lastly, he is an excellent
    overtaker (DECLARATIVE).
    Therefore, Ram will probably
    do well at the road race to be
    held soon.
    Recognizing Premises
     Ram Bahadur has
    taken a plumbing
    course from CTEVT.
    Plumbers are in great
    demand in Nepal.
    Therefore, he will soon
    be gainfully employed.
    Recognizing Premises
     Sila is a GMAT
    student. She has
    taken a course from
    the best instructor in
    Princeton Review. She
    was scoring 600
    before the course.
    Therefore, she can
    now get a 700+ score.
    Recognizing Premises
     Prabhakar has joined
    the best banking
    Institute in Nepal. He
    is topping the class in
    all subjects. He has
    also taken English
    classes at the British
    Council. Therefore, he
    will soon get a good
    job in a bank.
    Recognizing Premises
     Ram Bahadur has  Ram Bahadur has
    taken a plumbing taken a plumbing
    course from CTEVT. course from CTEVT
    Plumbers are in great (DECLARATIVE).
    demand in Nepal. Plumbers are in great
    Therefore, he will soon demand in Nepal
    be gainfully employed. (DECLARATIVE).
    Therefore, he will soon
    be gainfully employed
    Recognizing Premises
     Sila is a GMAT student.  Sila is a GMAT student
    She has taken a course (CO-PREMISE). She has
    from the best instructor in taken a course from the
    Princeton Review. She best instructor in Princeton
    was scoring 600 before Review (DECLARATIVE).
    the course. Therefore, she She was scoring 600
    can now get a 700+ score. before the course
    (CONTRIBUTIVE).
    Therefore, she can now
    get a 700+ score.
    Recognizing Premises
     Prabhakar has joined the best  Prabhakar has joined the best
    banking Institute in Nepal. He banking Institute in Nepal
    is topping the class in all (DECLARATIVE). He is
    subjects. He has also taken topping the class in all
    English classes at the British subjects (DECLARATIVE). He
    Council. His enemies in his has also taken English classes
    class say that he is a teacher’s at the British Council
    pet but the teacher is very (DECLARATIVE). His
    unbiased. Therefore, he will enemies in his class say that
    soon get a good job in a bank. he is a teacher’s pet but the
    teacher is very unbiased
    (REBUTTAL) Therefore, he
    will soon get a good job in a
    bank.

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