Quiz 2 Rhetoric 2 for HBP

What does the book say about formal logic vs real-world logic?

• Real-world arguments seldom prove anything.
• Real-world arguments are always absolutely valid to persuade people.
• Real-world arguments may only weaken the resistance of those who oppose your claims.

What is formal logic?

• Logic that is explained in the formal education.
• Symbolic assertions and logical structure that are universal and unchanging.
• Logic that is tied to the real world.

The book says that real-world arguments must be grounded in ...

• science, formal logic, and values
• beliefs, assumptions, or values
• assumptions, evidence, and science

"States should ban plastic bags from grocery store because banning bags will reduce plastic pollution in the ocean." The underlying assumption of that argument is ...

• the audience believe that plastic bags are not the main cause of the plastic pollution in the ocean.
• the audience believe that plastic bags are the main cause of plastic pollution in the ocean.

An underlying assumption is ...

• some beliefs, assumptions, or values that are supplied by the audience when you introduce an argument
• some beliefs, assumptions, or values that are supplied by the references in an argument.

An incomplete logical structure is called ...

• a logos
• an enthymeme
• a pathos

The persuasiveness of an enthymeme depends on ...

• The soundness of the arguments.
• The underlying assumption or belief that the audience must accept.

A successful argument depends on what the arguer says and ...

• on what the audience has to say.
• on what the arguer has to prove using "logos".
• on what the audience already has "in mind".

The sentence "States should ban plastic bags from grocery stores because banning bags will reduce plastic pollution in the ocean" is an enthymeme because ...

• It has a claim "States should ban plastic bags from grocery stores"
• It has a reason "because banning bags will reduce plastic pollution"
• It has an underlying assumption from the audience "that plastic pollution is harmful enough to justify a ban on plastic bags"

Who should supply the underlying assumption?

• The writer
• The audience
• No one