sentence test

Question 1

Argument

Answer 1

Appeals to audiences sense of reason (defending claim w facts and evidence)

Question 2

Persuasion

Answer 2

Appeals mainly to an audiences feeling and values (crafty writing w pathos and ethos)

Question 3

Logos

Answer 3

Logical (addresses the rational faculties of readers)

Question 4

Pathos

Answer 4

Emotional (aims to the readers hearts)

Question 5

Ethos

Answer 5

Ethical (uses expertise and character)

Question 6

Inductive reasoning

Answer 6

Starts with an observation or question that leads to a theory by examining the related issues

Question 7

Deductive reasoning

Answer 7

Starts with a theory or statement and then works it’s way down to a conclusion based on evidence

Question 8

Hasty generalization

Answer 8

An inductive conclusion that leaps to all instances when at best only some of It has evidence

Question 9

Oversimplification

Answer 9

An inductive conclusion that ignores complexities

Question 10

Begging the question

Answer 10

Assuming a conclusion in the statement of a premise (we can trust the president to not neglect the needy because he is a compassionate man)

Question 11

Ignoring the question

Answer 11

shifting the argument

Question 12

Ad hominem

Answer 12

Ignoring the question by attacking their opponent on a personal level

Question 13

Either or

Answer 13

Making reader choose between two interpretations

Question 14

Non sequitur

Answer 14

Conclusion derived illogically

Question 15

Post hoc

Answer 15

Assuming that because one thing precedes another, it must have caused the other