Chapter 13

Question 1

4 types of research

Answer 1

online research, library research, interviews, and surveys

Question 2

5 forms of support

Answer 2

statistics, examples, comparisons, quotations, visual aids

Question 3

statistics

Answer 3

A form of ev-idence that uses numbers to summarize a great many individual cases or to demon-strate relationships between phenomena

Question 4

examples

Answer 4

Forms of evidence; single instances thatmake a point, drama-tize an idea, or personalize information. The four types of examples are undetailed, detailed, hypothetical, and anecdotal

Question 5

types of exmples

Answer 5

undetailed; brief sentencces
detailed;vivid picturs that can be memorable
hypotheical; no real examples that

Question 6

comparisons

Answer 6

Forms of evidence that use associations between two things that are similar in some important way.

Question 7

similes

Answer 7

explicit comparisons that typically use the words likeor as to link two things: “A teacher is like a guide.” “Service is like paying dues for membership in a community.”

Question 8

Metaphors

Answer 8

Implicit com-parisons of two different things that have something in common.

Question 9

Quotations

Answer 9

Forms of evi-dence that use exact citations of statements made by others. Also called testimony.

Question 10

Halo effect

Answer 10

The tendency to assume that an expert in one area is also an expert in other unrelated areas