Self-paced
The Fenwicks returned home from a trip to find two broken bottles on their kitchen floor. █████ ███ ██ ████ ██ ██████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ████████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████████ ████ █ ███ ███ ████ ███ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████ █████ ████ ████ █████ ███ ████████ ████████████ ████ ████ ███ ████ █ ████ ████ ████████ ███ ████ ████████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ████ █████ ████████ ███ ████████
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The Fenwicks hypothesize that the bottles were broken by neighborhood children, who came in through an unlocked back door. No evidence is offered for this claim.
Notable Assumptions
The Fenwicks assume that there is a reason to prefer this explanation to the other, more obvious possibility that their cat broke the bottles.
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a
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This strengthens the Fenwicks' hypothesis by suggesting someone did go into their house through the back door.
Plausibility
Plausibility
Presenting evidence that corroborates (in Strengthen) or conflicts (in Weaken) with the author's hypothesized explanation or the predictions that follow from that explanation.
b
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This provides some evidence for the Fenwick's hypothesis, by suggesting that children did come to their house while they were gone.
Plausibility
Plausibility
Presenting evidence that corroborates (in Strengthen) or conflicts (in Weaken) with the author's hypothesized explanation or the predictions that follow from that explanation.
c
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This strengthens the Fenwicks' hypothesis by ruling out the possibility that the cat broke the bottles. Presumably the cat couldn't get into the fridge.
Plausibility
Plausibility
Presenting evidence that corroborates (in Strengthen) or conflicts (in Weaken) with the author's hypothesized explanation or the predictions that follow from that explanation.
d
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If local children have a pattern of breaking into houses, this makes the Fenwicks' hypothesis seem more likely.
Plausibility
Plausibility
Presenting evidence that corroborates (in Strengthen) or conflicts (in Weaken) with the author's hypothesized explanation or the predictions that follow from that explanation.
e
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This is irrelevant. It doesn't give us any reason to prefer the Fenwicks' hypothesis over any other hypothesis, since it doesn't give us any indication about who broke the bottles.