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Argument & Persuasion Terms

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a claim?

a)

Author's position on issue; statement about what's good/true or what should be done

b)

statements that support the claim

c)

Opposite opinion of a claim.

d)

Support for the reasons offered; helps to convince audiences to accept claims.

2.

What are reasons?

a)

ethos, pathos, logos

b)

statements that support the claim

c)

Response to a counterargument

d)

appeal to credibility - using credible, trusted sources

3.

What is evidence?

a)

Response to a counterargument

b)

Support for the reasons offered; helps to convince audiences to accept claims.

c)

appeal to credibility - using credible, trusted sources

d)

appeal to logic and reason - using facts, statistics

4.

What is a counterargument (or counterclaim)?

a)

Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Counterclaim, Rebuttal

b)

statements that support the claim

c)

Support for the reasons offered; helps to convince audiences to accept claims.

d)

Opposite opinion of a claim.

5.

What is a rebuttal?

a)

A statement about what's true/good or about what should be done/believed; the writer's position on an issue.

b)

statements that support the claim

c)

Response to a counterargument

d)

The opposite opinion of a claim

6.

What are the five main parts of an argument?

a)

Claim, Reasons, Rhetorical Appeals, Purpose, Currency

b)

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Claim, Rhetorical Appeals

c)

Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose

d)

Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Counterclaim, Rebuttal

7.

What are rhetorical appeals?

a)

The methods used to persuade; ethos, pathos, and logos

b)

How you tell if an author is credible or not

c)

The opposite opinion of a claim

d)

The response to a counterargument

8.

What is ethos?

a)

Appeal to credibility - using trusted sources, expert opinions

b)

Appeal to logic - using facts and statistics

c)

Appeal to emotion - for example, using emotional stories or language

9.

What is logos?

a)

Appeal to logic - using facts/statistics

b)

Appeal to emotion - using emotional stories or language for example

c)

Appeal to credibility - using expert opinions, trusted sources

d)

The opposite opinion of your claim

10.

What is pathos?

a)

Appeal to logic - using facts or statistics

b)

Appeal to emotion - using emotional stories or language for exampe

c)

Appeal to credibility - using expert opinions, trusted sources

d)

The opposite opinion of a claim

11.

What does CRAAP refer to?

a)

Checking a source for its: Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose

b)

Checking a source for its: Casualness, Relevance, Arrogance, Ailment, and Potential

c)

Checking a source for its: Carelessness, Regulation, Assonance, Arrogance, Purpose

d)

Checking a source for its: Credibility, Rank, Answers, Ability, Potential

12.

What is author bias?

a)

When an author favors one side and doesn't consider the evidence of the other side

b)

When an author uses valid evidence to support his or her claims

c)

When an author uses data as evidence

d)

When an author is fair and objective

13.

What is a logical fallacy?

a)

An appeal to credibility

b)

An error in reasoning that undermines an argument

c)

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

d)

An appeal to logic

14.

What is propaganda?

a)

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

b)

An error in reasoning that undermines an argument

c)

A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion

d)

A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.

15.

What is a red herring?

a)

A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion

b)

A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.

c)

Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.

d)

a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

16.

What is a straw man fallacy?

a)

A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion

b)

A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.

c)

Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.

d)

a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

17.

What is a hasty generalization?

a)

a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

b)

Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.

c)

If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.

d)

Assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'

18.

What is ad hominem?

a)

Attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

b)

If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.

c)

Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.

d)

Assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'

19.

What is a circular argument?

a)

Restates the argument (in a different way) rather than actually proving it.

b)

Attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

c)

Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.

d)

Appeal to logic or reasong

20.

What is the post hoc fallacy?

a)

If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.

b)

Appeal to emotion

c)

Appeal to logic

d)

Assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'

21.

What is a slippery slope fallacy?

a)

Attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

b)

Appeal to emotion

c)

If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.

d)

Appeal to logic

22.

What is bandwagon?

a)

playing on audience's deep-seated fears; making them think disaster will happen if they don't believe, do, or buy something

b)

Appeal to logic

c)

Appeal to credibility

d)

Makes the appeal that "everyone else is doing it, and so should you."

23.

What is fear (when used as propaganda)?

a)

Makes the appeal that "everyone else is doing it, and so should you."

b)

playing on audience's deep-seated fears; making them think disaster will happen if they don't believe, do, or buy something

c)

Appeal to logic and reason

d)

Appeal to emotion