Grade 10-Summative Test (SY20-21)

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

• Slippery slope

• Red herring

• Circular reasoning

• Hasty generalization

If we use just one more can of hairspray this month, earth as we know it will no longer exist.

• Hasty generalization

• bandwagon

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

• slippery slope

• hasty generalization

• begging the question

• ad hominem

You either support Hillary Clinton for President or you don't believe in women's rights.

• Ad hominem

• Hasty generalization

• False dilemma

• post Hoc Ergo

Alien exist because scientists have never proven otherwise.

• False dilemma

• Ad hominem

• Post hoc ergo

• Appeal to Ignorance

"Chinny accidentally broke the antique jar in our garden, and that brought us bad luck ever since".

• Appeal to pity

• Appeal to ignorance

• Slippery slope

• Post Hoc Ergo

Which is the example of Appeal to pity?.

• John is kind, generous and gentle. However, he comes from a broken family. He may not be a good father.

• Juan de la Cruz comes from a very poor family. So, although he committed burglary, he deserves to be pardoned because he was hungry and desperate.

• I saw a shampoo commercial of my favorite actress on TV. That shampoo must be good.

• Martial Law must be declared or we will never be able to stop terrorism.

______ listening happens when listeners consciously exert effort to understand the message that a speaker wishes to convey and when they give appropriate feedback.

_____ are errors in reasoning which should be avoided because they weaken the arguments presented in your speech.

It is necessary to detect biases found on TV news program.

• Appreciative listening

• Aggressive listening

• Passive listening

• Critical listening