Chapter 3

Question 1

Argument

Answer 1

Processes of reasoned inquiry and rational discourse seeking common ground

Question 2

Rogerian Arguments

Answer 2

Having a full understanding of an opposing position

Question 3

Claims of fact

Answer 3

Assert that something is true or not true

Question 4

Claims of value

Answer 4

Argues something is good or bad
Right or wrong

Question 5

Claims of Policy

Answer 5

Anytime you propose a change

Question 6

Star Wars was amazing except for 1 flaw

Answer 6

The final assault on the Death Star went on for too long

Question 7

Psychological Autopsy

Answer 7

When a kid kills themself and people go back and plow through their life

• one kid shot his parents and 2 school kids
• another strangled an 11 yr old

Question 8

Felons aren’t allowed to vote

Answer 8

Democrats try to restore the right
Republicans try to resist it

Question 9

Closed thesis

Answer 9

Previews the writers main points and limits them

Question 10

Open thesis

Answer 10

Does not list the main points

Question 11

Counter argument thesis

Answer 11

Summary of counter argument

Question 12

Relevant evidence

Answer 12

Specifically applies to the argument being made

Question 13

Accurate evidence

Answer 13

Get it from a credible source

Question 14

Sufficient Evidence

Answer 14

A good amount

Question 15

Logical Fallacies

Answer 15

Failure to make a logical connection between claim and evidence

Question 16

Fallacy of Relevance:
Red Herring

Answer 16

Using evidence irrelevant to the claim

Question 17

Fallacy of Relevance
Ad Hominem

Answer 17

Against the main, not the argument

Question 18

Fallacy of Relevance:
Faulty analogy

Answer 18

Two things are not comparable

Question 19

Fallacy of Accuracy
Straw Man

Answer 19

When the speaker chooses bad evidence to ridicule the opponent

Question 20

Fallacy of Accuracy
False Dilemma

Answer 20

When the speaker presents two extremes as the only outcomes

Question 21

Fallacy of Insufficiency
Hasty Generalization

Answer 21

Not enough evidence to support the claim

Question 22

Fallacy of Insufficiency
Circular Reasoning

Answer 22

Repeating the claim as a way to provide ecidence

Question 23

First Hand Evidence
Personal experience

Answer 23

Makes your argument more human

Question 24

First Hand Evidence
Anecdotes

Answer 24

People you have observed or been told about

Question 25

First hand evidence
Current events

Answer 25

Self explanatory

Question 26

Second Hand Evidence
Historical Information

Answer 26

Verifiable facts from research

Question 27

Second Hand Evidence
Expert Opinion

Answer 27

Citing someone who had published a subject

Question 28

Second Hand Evidence
Quantitive Evidence

Answer 28

Information presented in numbers

Question 29

Fallacy
Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Answer 29

Always saying something is a cause cuz it happened before

Question 30

Fallacy
Appeal to false authority

Answer 30

When someone who has no expertise is cited

Question 31

Fallacy
Bandwagon (ad populum)

Answer 31

When evidence boils down to “everyone is doing it so it must be good”

Question 32

Shaping info
Classical

Answer 32

Introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, conclusion

Question 33

Shaping info
Induction

Answer 33

Lead into:
My family uses Subarus—they last a long time—Subarus are good

Question 34

Deduction (syllogism)

Answer 34

Conclusion
Excercise=health
Yoga =excercise
Yoga=health

Question 35

Toil in Model

Answer 35

Claim, evidence, assumption, backing, qualifier, reservation