Practicing finding the logical arguments hidden in statements by looking for indicator words that either appear explicitly or are implied; how to identify the structure of an argument; focusing on whether it is deductive or inductive.

Deepening the understanding of the fallacies of informal logic; examining five additional reasoning errors that include appeal to authority, appeal to common opinion and appeal to tradition; testing oneself with a series of examples.

Considering five fallacies that often arise when one tries to reason their way from cause to effect; the post hoc fallacy; continuing with other fallacies such as neglect of a common cause and causal oversimplification.

Recognizing common diversionary fallacies in a discussion; ad hominem attacks try to undermine the arguer; straw man tactics substitute a weaker argument for a stronger one; red herrings introduce an irrelevant subject; examining cases of each.