Unit 8 Practice Test

Question 1

____ Reasoning starts with a premises, gives a specific situation, and arrives a conclusion based on the premise in the situation

Answer 1

Deductive

Question 2

In a persuasive text, the claim or statement of opinion is called the ____

Answer 2

Proposition

Question 3

A(n) _____ Is a persuasive technique used to convince an audience

Answer 3

Rhetorical appeal

Question 4

Reasoning that begins with specific facts, and uses them to formulate a general, probable conclusion is ________ Reasoning 

Answer 4

Inductive

Question 5

Persuasive text discuss ________ Issues ones for which there are strong viewpoints for and against 

Answer 5

 Controversial

Question 6

The act of convincing people by influencing their intellect emotions, or sense of ethics is called ____________

Answer 6

Persuasion 

Question 7

An ____ is an explanation that states an opinion about an issue, the reasons for holding that opinion, and the evidence that supports those reasons.

Answer 7

argument

Question 8

A ____ is a misleading statement that contains an error in reasoning.

Answer 8

Fallacy

Question 9

An argument against the opposing viewpoint is called a ____.

Answer 9

counterargument

Question 10

In which genre is persuasive writing?

Answer 10

Nonfiction

Question 11

Which of these is an appeal to the emotions of the audience?

Answer 11

pathos

Question 12

What is a rhetorical question?

Answer 12

a question that is asked to make a point and is not intended to be answered

Question 13

Which rhetorical appeal uses logical reasoning to appeal to the audience’s intellect?

Answer 13

logos

Question 14

If a speaker emphasizes his credibility, authority, or experience in an attempt to persuade the audience, he is using which rhetorical appeal?

Answer 14

ethos

Question 15

What is anecdote?

Answer 15

a brief story used to convey a truth, emphasize a point, or appeal to the audience’s emotions

Question 16

In his 1941 State of Union Address, Roosevelt says, “As men do not live by bread alone, they do not fight by armament alone.” This statement is an example of which rhetorical device?

Answer 16

analogy

Question 17

In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln says that both the Union and the Confederacy “deprecated war.” What does deprecate mean

Answer 17

disapprove of

Question 18

In his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln calls the Civil War a scourge. What is a scourge?

Answer 18

curse or punishment

Question 19

What does Insurgent mean

Answer 19

Rebellious

Question 20

In his Second Inaugural Address, when Lincoln calls on his audience to “bind up that nation’s wounds,” which literary or rhetorical device does he use?

Answer 20

figurative language

Question 21

In his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln places the blame for the Civil War on whom?

Answer 21

The north and south

Question 22

Which of these causes an argument to be logically unsound?

Answer 22

fallacy

Question 23

Which of these famous speeches explains four basic freedoms and presents the argument that Americans should support the cause of freedom everywhere in the world?

Answer 23

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of Union Address

Question 24

Ad hominem

Answer 24

an attack on a person’s character or reputation

Question 25

appeal to false authority

Answer 25

Occurs when a person is referred to as an authority, but he or she has no expert knowledge in that field

Question 26

hasty generalization

Answer 26

drawing a conclusion based on too small a population sample

Question 27

non sequitur

Answer 27

conclusion that does not logically follow an explanation given

Question 28

red herring

Answer 28

an attempt to avoid an issue by bringing up an irrelevant topic

Question 29

slippery slope

Answer 29

an argument that if one thing occurs, a chain of events will inevitably follow, leading to an undesirable outcome that cannot be avoided

Question 30

straw man

Answer 30

misrepresenting another person’s argument, making it easier to attack