Critical Thinking Final Review

According to our activities, critical thinking is

• the action or process of making decisions

• a way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective

• an exchange of diverging or opposing views

• identifying and evaluating evidence to guide decision making

Which of the following is not one of the three questions to ask about a claim?

• What does the claim mean?

• Is the claim true?

• What evidence is there to support or deny a claim?

• How strong is the evidence to support or deny the truth of a claim?

Which of the following is not one of the three steps to judging the strength of evidence of a claim?

• the source of the evidence

• the consistency of the evidence

• the amount of evidence

• the quality of the evidence

Which appeal relies on character or credibility?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Which appeal persuades the audience by appealing to their emotions?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Which appeal persuades by the use of logic and evidence?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Where is a works cited page located in an essay?

• Beginning, the first page.

• On the same page as the last paragraph of the paper.

• On its own page after the last paragraph of the paper.

L-D debates are named for

• Lincoln and Davidson

• Lyndon and Douglas

• Lyndon and Delano

• Lincoln and Douglas

In L-D debates, what is the correct order of speeches?

• constructive, cross-examination, rebuttal

• constructive, rebuttal, refutation, cross-examination

• rebuttal, cross-examination, constructive

• constructive, cross-examination, rebuttal

In L-D debate, the constructive speech accomplishes all of the following EXCEPT

• presents the speaker's primary arguments

• provides support for the speaker's primary arguments

• addresses the arguments of the opposition

• provides credible sources of evidence