Deductive reasoning is a process that yields a conclusion based on a set of premises assumed to be true - meaning they are taken as facts. More specifically, deductive reasoning proceeds from general premises to a specific conclusion.
It is evidenced that Jefferson assumes truth in his premises with his initial statement in the preamble: "We hold these truths to be self-evident,".
Think this? A society organized for the purpose of waging war. Sparta became a state because they were scarred by the emerging threat of a helot revolt.
A sentence fragment is a incomplete sentence like, one that doesn't fully explain its self. fragment = came to the house, complete = Lilly came to the house to visit.
