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Wednesday, Jul 02

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Context vs. Premise

Hi! I am starting to get into deeper content analysis after doing a good bit of practice, I want to get some clarification on how to discern the difference between premises and context, for the sake of the author's argument. This is a general area that could help me, but the question came up originally when I was reviewing Argument Part questions.

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  • Kevin Lin Instructor
    Thursday, Jul 03

    Premises are the claims the author offers to help prove the conclusion. So if you're not sure whether something is a premise or context, you could ask, "Why does the author believe the conclusion is true?" If the line you're considering isn't part of your answer to that question, it's not a premise.

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