AP Terms: Reasoning

What is a personal bias?

•  drawing a conclusion based on too little data
•  making an inference that is not supported by data
• basing conclusions on opinion rather than information

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CCSS.RL.5.6

A personal view or belief based on emotions or interpretation of facts.

• opinion
• factual claim
• quote 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The Rhetorical Triangle interacts between all of these except

• audience
• speaker
• tone
• subject

Which of the following appeals to emotion?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following appeals to credibility?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The writer's attitude toward his/her subject. 

• Form
• Tone
• Ethos
• Claim

reaching a conclusion by starting with a general principle or universal truth (major premise) and applying to a specific case (minor premise)

• deductive reasoning
• polemic
• inductive reasoning
• bemusement

Is the following argument best classified as deductive or inductive?
All dogs bark. Fido is a dog, so he barks.

• deductive
• inductive

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Using patterns to make conclusions is inductive reasoning and moves from:

• general to particular

• top to bottom

• bottom up

• particular to general

This type of fallacy relies on criticizing the character of the other speaker.

• straw man fallacy

• hasty generalization

• faulty analogy

• ad hominem