Lesson 4 | The Fourth Pass: Label, Part 1

Review

Woah! That was a lot of details. But truly it was much more than that. The logical relationships you have learned in this lesson will serve you as a trustworthy guide on how thoughts combine together into ideas.
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What we learned this lesson

During this lesson, we learned 27 relationships of subordinate phrases to anchor phrases in three main categories:
  1. Support by Distinct Statement
  2. Ground: Indicates the argument or reason for the anchor phrase.
  3. Result: Indicates the consequence or outcome of the anchor phrase.
  4. Purpose: Indicates the goal or intended result of the anchor phrase.
  5. Purpose—Advantage: Indicates that the anchor phrase is being accomplished for the benefit of someone or something.
  6. Purpose—Disadvantage: Indicates that the anchor phrase is being accomplished to the detriment of someone or something.
  7. Condition: Indicates what must be true for the anchor phrase to be in effect.
  8. Temporal: Indicates the time in which the anchor phrase occurs or is true.
  9. Locative: Indicates the location in which the anchor phrase occurs or is true.
  10. Locative—Source: Indicates the point of origin from which the anchor phrase derives or depends.
  11. Locative—Destination: Indicates the end point to which the anchor phrase arrives.
  12. Locative—Separation: Indicates that the anchor phrase is distancing itself from an object or concept.
  13. Support by Restatement
  14. Manner: Indicates the way the anchor phrase is carried out.
  15. Manner—Means: Indicates the instrument by which the anchor phrase is accomplished.
  16. Manner—Agency: Indicates the personal agent by whom the anchor phrase is executed.
  17. Comparison: Used to clarify the anchor phrase by showing what it is like.
  18. Comparison—Standard: Indicates a point of reference to which the anchor phrase accords.
  19. Negative: Enforces the anchor phrase by contrast or by restating it in a negative way.
  20. Negative—Substitution: Indicates what is given in place of or in exchange for something in the anchor phrase.
  21. Explanation: Clarifies the meaning of the anchor phrase.
  22. Explanation—Content: Acts as the subject or object of the anchor phrase.
  23. Explanation—Context: Indicates the sphere in which the anchor phrase is true.
  24. Explanation—Distinction: Clarifies the anchor phrase by distinguishing it from something else.
  25. Explanation—Example: Provides a specific instance of the anchor phrase.
  26. Explanation—Accompaniment: Indicates who or what is included with those already mentioned in the anchor phrase.
  27. Explanation—Reference: Indicates to what the anchor phrase is in connection.
  28. Answer: Indicates the reply to a question.
  29. Support by Contrary Statement
  30. Concessive: Acknowledges a seemingly contrary point in order to support the anchor phrase.
With our categories now in place, it is almost time to study!

Phrasing