(a) List the statements (not the merely expressed propositions) in the passage.
(b) Identify the form of discourse of the passage as a whole–i.e., whether it is an
argument, a conditional statement, an explanation, a report/narrative, or none of the
above.
It’s possible a passage might not be an argument as a whole, but might contain an argument.
If, but only if, the passage is, or contains an argument:
(c) Reconstruct the argument in standard form.
(d) Is the argument a candidate for, or an argument of the right kind to commit, any of the
fallacies discussed in Chapter 4.2 of Pendlebury? If so, which one or ones (if more
than one)?
If, but only if, the argument is of the right kind, for each fallacy identified in (d):
(e) Does the argument actually commit the fallacy?