Unit 2

Question 1

What is an intermediate conclusion?

Answer 1

A conclusion used as a premise for a further conclusion

Question 2

Two independent conclusions are?

Answer 2

Two separate premises and conclusions in the same argument

Question 3

Two or more premises support a conclusion independently of one another if…

Answer 3

each would support the conclusion even if the other were not presented.

Question 4

Two premises are dependent upon one another when…

Answer 4

the two premises taken in combination support the conclusion, but neither premise supports the conclusion in the absence of the other.

Question 5

What is a dilemma?

Answer 5

An argument in which it is held that there are only two alternatives in a given situation, each of which is unpalatable to the audience.

Question 6

Premises and conclusions can be expressed as statements, but they can also take on the form of….

Answer 6

Rhetorical questions, commands, exclamations, and so on.