23b. List the points (minor propositions) you intend to use to support your proposition.
Having set up your proposition, write down in order the points you will make in support of it. These points, many of which are themselves debatable, are sometimes called minor propositions.
Chapter 23 Language and Logic: Minor Propositions in Warriner's English Grammar and Composition Revised Edition, Complete Course, John E. Warriner and Francis Griffith, 1965