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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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