Support by Distinct Statement
Ground: Indicates the argument or reason for the anchor phrase.
Result: Indicates the consequence or outcome of the anchor phrase.
Purpose: Indicates the goal or intended result of the anchor phrase.
Purpose—Advantage: Indicates that the anchor phrase is being accomplished for the benefit of someone or something.
Purpose—Disadvantage: Indicates that the anchor phrase is being accomplished to the detriment of someone or something.
Condition: Indicates what must be true for the anchor phrase to be in effect.
Temporal: Indicates the time in which the anchor phrase occurs or is true.
Locative: Indicates the location in which the anchor phrase occurs or is true.
Locative—Source: Indicates the point of origin from which the anchor phrase derives or depends.
Locative—Destination: Indicates the end point to which the anchor phrase arrives.
Locative—Separation: Indicates that the anchor phrase is distancing itself from an object or concept.
Support by Restatement
Manner: Indicates the way the anchor phrase is carried out.
Manner—Means: Indicates the instrument by which the anchor phrase is accomplished.
Manner—Agency: Indicates the personal agent by whom the anchor phrase is executed.
Comparison: Used to clarify the anchor phrase by showing what it is like.
Comparison—Standard: Indicates a point of reference to which the anchor phrase accords.
Negative: Enforces the anchor phrase by contrast or by restating it in a negative way.
Negative—Substitution: Indicates what is given in place of or in exchange for something in the anchor phrase.
Explanation: Clarifies the meaning of the anchor phrase.
Explanation—Content: Acts as the subject or object of the anchor phrase.
Explanation—Context: Indicates the sphere in which the anchor phrase is true.
Explanation—Distinction: Clarifies the anchor phrase by distinguishing it from something else.
Explanation—Example: Provides a specific instance of the anchor phrase.
Explanation—Accompaniment: Indicates who or what is included with those already mentioned in the anchor phrase.
Explanation—Reference: Indicates to what the anchor phrase is in connection.
Answer: Indicates the reply to a question.
Support by Contrary Statement
Concessive: Acknowledges a seemingly contrary point in order to support the anchor phrase.