What does “logically developed” mean?

Logically developed means that the ideas in your paper, the way you support these ideas and the connections you make between ideas make logical sense. Logic in this sense can be both formal patterns of reasoning like the deduction Sherlock Holmes liked to use to solve mysteries and more informal, but equally rigorous, ways of developing ideas like identifying the causes of a problem before recommending solutions. For more on logic in writing and flaws in logical reasoning see “Logical Argument in College Writing” by D.G. Jerz at Seton Hill University.

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