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## Statement and Assumption - **Diagram:** A Venn Diagram showing the relationship between things you can check and things you can't check. - **Assumption:** An assumption is something that is true. - **Hidden support:** It should relate directly to the statement. - **Hidden Assumption Characterist...

## Statement and Assumption - **Diagram:** A Venn Diagram showing the relationship between things you can check and things you can't check. - **Assumption:** An assumption is something that is true. - **Hidden support:** It should relate directly to the statement. - **Hidden Assumption Characteristics:** - Not ambiguous - Not superfluous - Not a mere repetition of the statement - Not a mere argument drawn from the statement - Not a conclusion word - **Hidden support should include:** - Words related to any possibilities like "may be", "possibility", etc. - It can be many, in numbers, based on a single statement. - **Hidden Support should not include:** - Ambiguous words - Superfluous words - Extreme words such as "all", "every", "each", "only", etc. - Words related to the statement - Words that draw a conclusion from the statement - Words from real-life experience ## Bridge Method - This method connects assumption and the statement. - It can be represented by the following notation: A -> P -> C - A represents the assumption - P represents the possibility - C represents the conclusion - It is a means of finding a chain of thought that connects assumption with conclusion.