Unit 3 Test

Question 1

attribution

Answer 1

acknowledging the source of an idea, statistic, fact, observation, image, or other intellectual property by ascribing, or attributing it to its creator

Question 2

citation

Answer 2

formal documentation of anothers work, research, and words and often appears as a footnote or endnote.

Question 3

commentary

Answer 3

explanations that guide the reader to link claims, evidence, and reasoning and that acknowledge and integrate sources

Question 4

reference

Answer 4

like a citation, but it does not refer to a specific page or chapter number in its source

Question 5

source material

Answer 5

includes words, music, ideas, images, texts, or any other intellectual property that is used in research

Question 6

synthesis

Answer 6

commentary properly integrates ideas from other people and sources into a writer’s line of reasoning

Question 7

line of reasoning

Answer 7

logical sequence of the writers claim, evidence, and commentary that leads a reader to or from the writers conclusion

Question 8

cause-effect

Answer 8

to explain what caused something to happen related to your topic

Question 9

comparison-contrast

Answer 9

to show how two or more areas of your topic are similar or different or both

Question 10

definition

Answer 10

to define a word or concept about your topic using synonyms, essential definition, or extended definition

Question 11

description

Answer 11

to create a picture in words to help the reader visualize something a writer has seen, heard, or done

Question 12

methods of development

Answer 12

when writers develop and organize their arguments in a variety of ways so that an audience can trace their reasoning

Question 13

narration

Answer 13

to explain info about your topic as a series of events in story format

Question 14

specious

Answer 14

seemingly accurate at first but on closer inspection clearly wrong

Question 15

deductive flaws

Answer 15

draws a conclusion from two statements assumed to be true

Question 16

inductive flaws

Answer 16

moves from specific examples or observations to a general conclusion based on them

Question 17

casual flaws

Answer 17

assuming that if something happens before something else, the first happening caused the second

Question 18

comparative flaws

Answer 18

drawing a conclusion about one thing based on a conclusion about a similar thing when the two things are not alike enough to justify the common conclusion

Question 19

overgeneralization

Answer 19

using absolutes such as, always, never, all, most, and every to falsely enhance an argument

Question 20

ad hominin

Answer 20

attacking a specific person instead of addressing the argument

Question 21

red herring

Answer 21

skipping to a new and irrelevant topic which confuses or manipulated perspective on an issue

Question 22

either-or fallacy

Answer 22

presenting two extreme options as the only choices

Question 23

nonsequitur

Answer 23

lacking a logical connection between the claim and the evidence