Concept of Macro Skills in Reading
b Which text belongs to this picture or diagram? One picture and several short texts are supplied
Identifying stages of an argument Identifying of argument stage is an activity of the kind that takes place in a
critical thinking course where the teacher and the students analyze an argument taken from a text of discourse in everyday conversational
argumentation, for example an argument found in a newspaper article or some similar media source. Furthermore, in general, the students are also
sensitive to certain words and phrases that mark arguments, e.g., my argument, my view, my opinion, what you should think. The first step
in enhancing critical thinking ability, though, requires careful reflection on this awareness.
Identifying example presented in support of argument An argument is defined as any giving of reasons, evidence, or support for
the claim that something is true. When someone presents an argument for something, the evidence, reasons or support are directed toward
establishing the truth of some conclusions. Thus, the conclusion of an argument is the point that the rest of the argument is supposed to show to
be correct or true. Each reason, piece of evidence, and each bit of data used in an argument in support of the conclusion is called a premise. Some
key indicator words of a premise might include the following words.
Also for the reason that
as a result of in addition
because of the fact that in view of
first, ..., second is supported by
For researchers found that
for example since the evidence is