When should inherited authority yield to observation, reason, or individual rights?
Triangle proofs
Classify by sides and angles; justify with the angle-sum theorem
Source lab — Locke & Montesquieu
Author, date, audience, purpose, two claims, two evidences, one limitation
Bacon, Of Studies
Paraphrase the central argument in four to six sentences
Periodic table — groups and trends
Classify examples and non-examples; one prediction with a stated reason
Fact, inference, opinion
Ten-item exercise plus one original example and one non-example
Renaissance perspective
Observational drawing, then a five-sentence critique
Explanatory essay — one Enlightenment idea and its consequences