AS Critical Thinking Revision Cards

• R - Reputation
• A - Ability to see
• V - Vested Interest
• E - Expertise
• N - Netrality

These words are the credibilty criteria which should be applied to all questions asking you to assess the credibility of a document or a person

• Therefore
• So
• Consequently

If you see any of these words before something you know that this particular sentence/paragraph is a Conclusion.

• Because
• Since
• As

Seeing any of these words before a sentence paragraph indicates a reason.

All of the following words represent different elements in an argument

• Reason
• Conclusion
• Counter-assertion
• Counter Argument
• Evidence
• Example
• Hypothetical Reasoning - can be indicated by the use of the words "If", "Provided That", Given That...Then", "If this, then, That"
• Assumptions - (Remember these are not actually stated in the argument)

Explain whether thigs like Graphs and Data tables are relevent to a specific argument or not.

E.g. Does the graph contain info that actually is directly linked to the argument.