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In the context of a discussion between two people where each is presenting
arguments, what does the term
regardless of
often suggest?
a claim
an unspoken assumption
an implicit reason
an abandoned line of reasoning
a counterargument
Which statement in the following passage is not an explicit or implicit
premise of the argument? "The jury ought to ask the judge for guidance
because it is confused, and all confused groups of people ought to be
allowed to ask for guidance."
The jury is confused.
All confused groups of people ought to be allowed to ask for guidance.
The jury is a group of people.
The judge is the only person from whom a jury may seek guidance.
The jury ought to ask the judge for guidance
Simpson wanted to have a face-to-face conversation with the professor
about the problems he was having in class. But instead he ended up texting
"this is a hard course" to the professor. Because of the shift to written
communication, Simpson can expect which of the following?
greater clarity with regard to his purpose
greater precision with regard to context
more opportunities to use body language
more opportunities for misunderstanding
Identify the claim in this passage: "The jury is confused, and all confused
groups of people ought to be allowed to ask for guidance. So the jury ought
to ask the judge for guidance."
The jury is confused.
All confused groups of people ought to be allowed to ask for guidance.
The jury is a group of people.
The judge is the only person from whom a jury may seek guidance.
The jury ought to ask the judge for guidance.
Why does an argument maker provide a reason or reasons for a claim? The
reason or reasons provide the basis by which the argument maker intends to
show that ________.
the claim is true or probably true
the claim is false or probably false
the audience is not listening to the statement
the statement is unreasonable
Professor Smith informed the students of her intention to be a "fair" teacher.
One student thought she meant that her approach to grading was going to
be objective and just. Another student thought that the professor meant that
she had quite modest aspirations for the quality of her teaching efforts. This
is an example of ________.
evaluation
negotiation
vagueness
inconsistency
ambiguity
Zack wants to map an abandoned line of reasoning. Which shape should
Zack use?
line with one arrowhead
orange oval
green rectangle
red hexagon
large purple arrow
blue cloud
Saying that a term or expression is problematically vague means that the
word or expression ________.
is difficult to read in the limited lighting available
has unclear boundaries in a given context and purpose
is not appropriate to use in polite company
has more than one meaning for a given context and purpose
When drawing up a legal contract, it is important to be very specific about
terminology to make sure that everyone understands exactly what all the
key terms mean. Which strategy for anticipating and resolving problematic
vagueness or ambiguity does this process manifest?
memorizing
contextualizing
stipulating
qualifying
clarifying intent
negotiating
In the context of applying our analytical skills to arguments, what is the
purpose of the tool called "argument mapping"? Mapping is used ________.
to display how someone's reasoning flows from initial statements to the
conclusion the person regards as being supported by those statements
to help understand why people always look up the answer for things that
they should be able to figure out themselves
to reveal how to get from one area of town to another area of town that may
or may not be difficult to find
to display the differences between how children and adults make decisions
Suppose you are talking to a friend and you make a gesture that the friend
does not understand. So the friend asks you what you are intending to
communicate by that. In this kind of a situation your friend is ________.
using an interpretive question to try to learn your purpose
using an analytical question to try to learn how to make the same gesture
using an inference question to see what you are implying
using an evaluative question to indicate disapproval
Saying that a term or expression is problematically ambiguous means that
the word or expression ________.
is difficult to read because the writing is smudged
has unclear boundaries in a given context and purpose
is not appropriate to use in polite company
has more than one meaning for a given context and purpose
When the TV sports announcer said that 2015 marked the first time that
there was a "real college football champion," the donkey cart word
real
was
being used in order to ________.
show how enthusiastic the announcer was that his alma mater had won
being ironic since the announcer did not approve of using a playoff format to
pick a champion
explain that NCAA football players should be compensated for playing
twist the meaning of "college football champion" to exclude all previous
national #1 teams
George argued that the film
Jurassic World
did not deserve to be nominated
for any science fiction awards because it was not "authentic sci-fi." George's
argument depends on stipulating that the boundary of the concept "science
fiction" does not include or apply to that film. To do this George uses which of
the following devices?
the dictionary definition of
science fiction
a reference to the meaning of
science fiction
as specified by the awards
committee
a donkey cart word
the force of his personality
a gullible and uncritical listener
Two friends wanted to decide where to go for dinner. Their conversation went
like this: "We need to get something to eat. How about Sharky's so we can
watch the game on TV? No, Sharky's is too noisy. Ok, how about we get pizza
at the Pie Hub? The Hub is great with me." In that conversation the
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