Chapter 2 Bs

Question 1

Report

Answer 1

Set of statements intended to provide information about a situation, topic, or event

Question 2

Illustration

Answer 2

Statement with an explanatory or clarifying example

Question 3

Explanatory statement

Answer 3

Provides a reason for the occurrence of some phenomenon

Question 4

Conditional statement

Answer 4

An if-then statement

Question 5

Well crafted argument

Answer 5

An argument that is stated in such a way that it’s important logical features are explicit

Question 6

Rhetorical questions count as

Answer 6

Statements

Question 7

Excess verbiage

Answer 7

Word or statement that adds nothing to the argument

Question 8

Discount

Answer 8

Acknowledgement of a fact or possibility that might be thought to render the argument invalid/weak/unsound

Question 9

Rhetorical elements

Answer 9

Elements in an argument that increases its psychological persuasiveness without affecting its validity/strength

Question 10

Repitition

Answer 10

Restatement of a premise or conclusion, usually with altered wording

Question 11

Assurance

Answer 11

Statement, word, or phrase which indicates the author is confident of a premise or inference

Question 12

Hedge

Answer 12

Indicates that the arguer is tentative about a premise or inference

Question 13

Enthymeme

Answer 13

Argument with an implicit premise or conclusion