Making sure that something is true, accurate or justified is known as ... .
VERIFYING
A ... is an opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
PREJUDICE
... is reference to another source that gives the same or similar information, or elaborates on the original.
CROSS-REFERENCE
... is a personal reason for involvement or interest, especially an expectation of a financial or other gain.
VESTED INTEREST
An argument is generally made up of two or more ... which try to persuade us to accept a proposal or opinion.
LINES OF REASONING
... is prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
BIAS
A ... is an argument or set of reasons presented to oppose an idea, action, proposal, perspective, or opinion developed in another argument.
COUNTER ARGUMENT
The ability to think about something in a clear and sensible way is called ... .
REASONING
If an argument does not have solid reasons and evidence to support the point it is trying to make, or if it uses reasons and evidence that do not make sense, it is considered to be ... .
UNSOUND
To take something someone is saying at ... is to believe that it is the truth, rather than looking for evidence, any hidden meaning or the bigger picture.
FACE VALUE
Evidence can be in the form of ... .
(MENTION AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING) STATISTICS / EXAMPLES / FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH / PERSONAL STORIES / EXPERIENCE
Thinking critically does not just mean thinking a lot. It´s about thinking ... .
BETTER
... is actively applying, analysing, synthesising, and/or evaluating information gathered from observation, experience, reflection, reasoning or communication.
CRITICAL THINKING
... relates to how convincing or believable something is.
CREDIBLE
... means "able to be trusted or believed".
RELIABLE
A ... is the process of reaching a decision or answer by thinking about the known evidence.
DEDUCTION
An ... is an idea or conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.
INFERENCE
A ... is a statement of something being true.
CLAIM
A line of reasoning needs relevant ... to support it.
EVIDENCE
If an argument is reasonable and makes sense, we say it is ... .
LOGICAL
An ... is a short story, usually to make the listeners laugh or think about a topic.
ANECDOTE
Mention at least three types of sources of information from the WALL OF SOURCES you completed.
VIDEO CLIPS / BOOKS / ENCYCLOPAEDIAS / MAGAZINES / DATABASES / CATALOGS / INTERNET / NEWSPAPERS
If an argument makes sense, the reasoning is considered ... .
SOUND