Eng-101 Finals

Question 1

What is Critical Thinking?

Answer 1

Analyzing Information & Drawing Conclusions

Question 2

What Are The 3 Levels of Strategic Reading?

Answer 2

The Literal Level, The Interpretive Level & The Applied Level

Question 3

What Is Diagnostic Writing?

Answer 3

A Very Old Institution (Religion) Versus a Very New Institution (Science)

Question 4

What Is Critical Reading?

Answer 4

Passive Reading, Re-read and Actively Analyze & Respond (to what you read)

Question 5

What is Argument?

Answer 5

The Statement of An Opinion, The Presentation of One or More Reasons to Support the Opinion.

Question 6

Reason

Answer 6

A Point You Make In Your Argument That Supports a Position, Must Be Supported with Evidence

Question 7

Evidence

Answer 7

Facts, Statistics, Examples and Expert Opinion

Question 8

Fact

Answer 8

Accurate Information That Can Be Verified

Question 9

Statistic

Answer 9

A Numerical Fact

Question 10

Opinion

Answer 10

A Belief or Judgment That Rests On Grounds Insufficient to Produce Complete Certainty

Question 11

Examples

Answer 11

Personal Stories That Support Positions

Question 12

Expert Opinion

Answer 12

Testimony of Someone Considered Knowledgeable In A Field

Question 13

The Literal Level

Answer 13

At this Level We Understand Facts Clearly Stated In The Material. Who, What, When Where.

Question 14

The Interpretive Level

Answer 14

At This Level We Make Guesses and Draw Conclusions from the stated fact, the suggested meaning, and the authors attitude towards the subject. How or Why.

Question 15

The Applied Level

Answer 15

This level calls for reaction, reflection, and critical thinking. This highest most sophisticated level involves analyzing the parts, synthesizing to find relationships, and evaluating the authors message.

Question 16

What Are The 5 Criteria for Evaluating Final Drafts?

Answer 16

Focus, Development, Organization, Mechanics, Style

Question 17

Summary

Answer 17

Brief, No More Than One Paragraph, Introduces Director, Main Ideas, Major Events, Main Characters, Central Controlling Concepts

Question 18

Paraphrase

Answer 18

Long, or As Long As The Original, Word For Word Retelling

Question 19

What is The Rhetorical Situation?

Answer 19

Author, Audience, Purpose, Occasion, Topic

Question 20

The Whole Person

Answer 20

The Intellect, The Conscious, The Emotions; Most Effective Arguments Appeal To All Three.

Question 21

What Are Aristotle’s Three Appeals Of Argument?

Answer 21

Logos, Ethos, Pathos

Question 22

Logos

Answer 22

An Appeal To Logic. It Is Based On Sound Evidence and Reasoning. Directed At Your Audiences Intellect

Question 23

Ethos

Answer 23

An Appeal To Morals and Values. Directed At The Conscience. Can, On Occasion Be An Appeal Based In Authorial Expertise

Question 24

Pathos

Answer 24

An Appeal To Emotions

Question 25

An Argument That Relies Solely on Pathos?

Answer 25

Is Faulty

Question 26

What Are The Logical Fallacies?

Answer 26

Ad Hominem, Begging The Question, Oversimplification, False Analogy, False Cause, Hasty/Sweeping Generalization, Non-Sequitur, Red Herring, Slippery Slope, Poisoning The Well.

Question 27

Ad Hominem

Answer 27

“To The Man”- Occurs When We Lose Our Focus Because Of Our Emotions and We Attack Our Opposition.

Question 28

Begging The Question

Answer 28

The False Assumption a Conclusion is True & Doesn’t Need To Be Proven

Question 29

Oversimplification (Either/or Fallacy)

Answer 29

Reduction of a Complex Phenomena Into Terms Which Are Too Simplistic or The False Assumption That There Are Only Two Solutions or Alternatives To A Problem

Question 30

False Analogy

Answer 30

The False Assumption That Just Because Two Things Are Similar In One Way, They Must Be Similar In Many Ways

Question 31

False Cause

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The False Assumption That Just Because One Event Happened Prior To Another, The Earlier Must Have Caused The Latter

Question 32

Hasty/Sweeping Generalization

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Anecdotes and Examples Asserted To Apply To All Cases, Rather Than A Select Few or A Conclusion Based On Too Little Evidence

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Non-Sequitur

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Latin For “It Does Not Follow”. When One Statement Doesn’t Logically Follow A Preceding Statement.

Question 34

Red Herring

Answer 34

Irrelevant Evidence Intended To Divert Attention Away From Real Issues At Hand

Question 35

Slippery Slope

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False Assumption That Just Because One Event Occurs , Not Only will Another Occur , But An Even More Undesirable Scene Of Events Will Unfold.

Question 36

Poisoning The Well

Answer 36

Attempt To Discredit Ones Opposition By Connecting A Group, Person, or Idea To An Extremely Negative.