AP Language Chapter 3 Test

Five part argument structure used by rhetoricians:

• Claim of value

• Circular reasoning

• Classical oration

• Logical fallacy

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

Thesis that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover in an essay:

• Closed thesis

• Ad hominem

• Open thesis

• Reservation

Based on the assumption that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it persuasively and refuting it in a way that is accommodating rather than alienating.

• Rogerian arguments

• Refutation

• First hand evidence

• Classical oration

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CCSS.SL.9-10.1D

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

Also called an assertion or proposition. It states the argument’s main idea or position.

• Straw man

• Claim

• Assumption

• Ad hominem

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

Logical process whereby the writer reasons from particulars to universals, using specific cases in order to draw a conclusion, which is also called a generalization.

• Assumption

• syllogism

• Induction

• Warrant

Also known as the bandwagon appeal, this fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to “everybody’s doing it, so it must be a good thing to do.” - Ad Populum

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Warrant- In the Toulmin model, this consists of further assurances or data without which the assumption lacks authority.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Warrant- In the Toulmin model, it expresses the assumption necessarily shared by the speaker and the audience.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt.

• Straw man

• Begging the question

• Circular reasoning

• Either/Or (false dilemma)

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

A fallacy in which the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices.

• Straw man

• Begging the question

• Circular reasoning

• Either/ Or (false dilemma)

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3