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Midterm Terms Flashcards

1
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What is a comma splice?

A

Two or more sentences separated by only a comma.

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2
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What is a fused sentence?

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Two or more sentences joined together with no punctuation where the thoughts intersect.

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3
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What is a fragment?

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A part of a sentence or an incomplete sentence

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4
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What are the seven coordinating conjunctions?

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For, and, but, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)

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5
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Name three transitional words.

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Furthermore, however, therefore, first, second, third

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6
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What is a fallacy?

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A flaw in logic.

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7
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Name three fallacies

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Ad hominem, false analogy, stereotyping, either/or, post hoc, card stacking, hasty generalization

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8
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How many types of compare/contrast essays are there?

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2

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9
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What are they?

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Point by point and Block

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10
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What is your professor’s last name?

A

Dieffenbach

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What is a narrative?

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A story told from the writer’s perspective or a personal story.

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12
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Assuming that because two events happened, the first one caused the second one.

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Post Hoc

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13
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Discrediting or attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself. Against the man.

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Ad Hominem

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14
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When a conclusion does not follow logically from its given premise.

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Non-Sequitur

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Brings the argument down to one of two choices making it overly simple.

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Either/Or

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16
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Propaganda that tells all the positives about something without telling the negatives.

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Card Stacking

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17
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Inferences based on an analogy that is too different from the argument.

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Faulty Analogy

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18
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Jumping to a conclusion before understanding all the facts relevant to it; not having evidence.

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Hasty Generalization

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19
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Does not prove the argument rather than restates it or distract from the point.

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Arguing off the Point

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20
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Blonds have more fun

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Stereotyping

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21
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Discrediting an idea, claim, or person by associating it with an undesirable person or group.

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Guilt by Association

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22
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I failed my midterm because of a black cat crossed my path

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Post Hoc

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23
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College students have such an easy life. They only go to class twelve to fifteen hours a week.

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Card Stacking

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24
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Each part of an argument has to rely on the truthfulness of the other; going in circles. If this is true because that is true, that is true because this is true.

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Circular Argument

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25
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Jenny is always talking in class. You’re her best friend, so I know you are talking too.

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Guilt by Association

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26
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You either love or hate me

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Either/Or

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27
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Bill’s been out every night for two weeks. Who is she?

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Non-Sequitur

28
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Teaching high school students sex education is like taking an alcoholic to a bar.

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Faulty Analogy

29
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I would never take Mrs. Dieffenbach’s Comp 2 class. She drives a minivan and doesn’t like ducks.

A

Ad Hominem

30
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The cheese tastes funny. I am never eating cheese again.

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Hasty Generalization

31
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Eating cheese has never been determined bad for our health. We should all tell the school administrators so that they stop serving cheese at lunch.

A

Begging the Question

32
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There is no parking at FSCJ because I can never find a parking space.

A

Circular Argument

33
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I would never take Mrs. Dieffenbach’s Comp 2 class. She drives a minivan and doesn’t like ducks.

A

Ad Hominem

34
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Mom, did you see that there is a sale at Dillard’s?

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Arguing off the point

35
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Stay-at-home mothers have such an easy job. All they do is sit around and watch soap operas

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Card Stacking

36
Q

Mr. McGoo is running for Congress, but I would never vote for him because he’s bald

A

Ad Hominem

37
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Billy really loves to eat. Someday he’s going to have a weight problem.

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Non-Sequitur

38
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Corporal punishment is a necessary evil. Children respond best to humiliation, and it makes them understand the consequences

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Card Stacking

39
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It’s hard to imagine what Alice went through in the virtual simulation.

A

It is; It’s

40
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It’s very hard to understand why the Victory Project was so popular and its purpose.

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Its

41
Q

Lose or loose

A

Lose

42
Q

I would rather sit naked on a hot grill than wear something off the rack.

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Than

43
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I sat naked on a hot grill then I got burned.

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Then

44
Q

Did you find the pencils where I told you?

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Where; location

45
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The pencils were where you told me

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Were

46
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We’re going to the mall, but Alice is staying home.

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We’re; We are

47
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The girls want to go to the mall, if they have any money, they will buy some new shoes that they saw last week.

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Fused Sentence

48
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Because students were tired and grumpy and hungry

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Sentence Fragment

49
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Todd told Shirley and Shirley told the teacher.

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Fused Sentence

50
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Finals are hard for they require so much concentration.

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Fused Sentence

51
Q

When I was sick with the flu, my husband took good care of me expect he didn’t let me sleep as much as I wanted to, he was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.

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Comma Splice

52
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I have, finally finished the last bit of chocolate-covered popcorn now I don’t have to worry about my children finding my stash.

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Fused Sentence

53
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Alice went to the store for candy, she also went for milk.

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Comma Splice

54
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I enjoy amusement parks, I didn’t have fun at Great America.

A

Comma Splice

55
Q

Jack is chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, he also heads the Warrant Committee.

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Comma Splice

56
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Your ice cream will melt, you should eat it quickly.

A

Comma Splice

57
Q

I studied hard this semester I earned good grades

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Fused Sentence

58
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Because Alice started to discover the truth.

A

Sentence Fragment

59
Q

This is the last question of the final so I won’t make it too hard and I’ll tell you that it is a fused sentence

A

Fused Sentence

60
Q

Jack didn’t let Alice choose to enter the Victory Project Alice felt betrayed by her husband.

A

Fused Sentence

61
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Felt betrayed by her husband.

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Sentence Fragment

62
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Alice loved her job as a nurse, Jack hated that Alice was a nurse and worked all the time

A

Comma Splice

63
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Hated that Alice was a nurse and worked all the time.

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Sentence Fragment

64
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Robbed Alice from choosing if she wanted to be in the Victory Project or at her job

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Sentence Fragment

65
Q

Stabbed Jack and bloodied her white satin dress

A

Sentence Fragment

66
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Conclusion is assumed to be true in the argument’s premises.

A

Begging the Question

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