Guide to Critical Reasoning Questions

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This chapter is divided into three parts:
I. Six Reasoning Principles
	1:	How to identify Arguments (this page)
	2:	Types of Arguments
	3:	Put it in your own words
	4:	Evaluate an Argument
	5:	Strength & Validity
	6:	Idea of the Right Answer
II. CR Questions Types
	A:	Must be true questions
	B:	Assumption questions
	C:	Strengthen & weaken
	D:	Main point questions
	E:	Paradox questions
	F:	Reasoning questions
III. Extra Questions
	A:	Extra Questions

A. Learn how to identify arguments

Is the text an argument? An argument here doesn't mean a dispute or controversy. It means an attempt to provide a reason for believing something by citing something else. It is an attempt to show that something is true, or probably true, by appealing to something else, some reason or evidence, which indicates that it is true.

The following text includes an argument:

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Chapter B: Types of Arguments