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Nonfiction/Persuasive Writing Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of appeal uses FACTS, STATISTICS, and EXPERT TESTIMONIES

a)

Logical appeal

b)

Ethical appeal

c)

Emotional appeal

2.

This type of appeal often uses testimonials, loaded words, bandwagon appeal, and glittering generalities.

a)

Logical appeal

b)

Ethical appeal

c)

Emotional appeal

3.

This type of appeal uses the law, morality, faith, and our sense of right and wrong. It often uses a person's character to make arguments.

a)

Logical appeal

b)

Ethical appeal

c)

Emotional appeal

4.

This type of approach uses provable facts and evidence to convince you to think or act in a certain way.

a)

Subjective approach

b)

Objective approach

5.

This approach uses Focuses on the writer’s experiences, feelings, and opinions to convince you to think or act in a certain way.

a)

Subjective approach

b)

Objective approach

6.

Which appeal is stronger, the subjective approach or the objective approach?

a)

Subjective approach

b)

Objective approach

7.

The purpose of MOST argumentative writing is to...

a)

Inform

b)

Persuade

c)

Explain

d)

Describe

8.

True or False: All persuasive writing contains bias.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

An error in reasoning is called a

(a)  

10.

A broad, general statement or conclusion that is made on the basis of only one or two observations is called

a)

a hasty generalization

b)

stereotyping

c)

name-calling

d)

false cause and effect

11.

This occurs when one event is said to cause another event because the two events happened in sequence.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

stereotyping

c)

name-calling

d)

false cause and effect

12.

This fallacy assumes that there are only two possible choices or solutions (usually extreme), even though there may be many.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

name-calling

c)

either-or-fallacy

d)

stereotyping

13.

This logical fallacy uses labels to attack a person who holds an opposing view, instead of giving reasons or evidence to attack the view itself.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

stereotyping

c)

name-calling

d)

either-or-fallacy

14.

This logical fallacy gives all members of a group the same, usually undesirable, characteristics. This fallacy assumes that everyone in that group is alike.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

name-calling

c)

stereotyping

d)

cherry picking

15.

This is a logical fallacy where to unrelated things are compared based on flawed or false reasoning. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

false equivalence

c)

either-or-fallacy

d)

name-calling

16.

This fallacy is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position.

a)

either-or-fallacy

b)

cherry picking

c)

false cause and effect

d)

stereotyping

17.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following example: "America -- Love It Or Leave It."

a)

hasty generalization

b)

stereotyping

c)

name-calling

d)

either-or-fallacy

18.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following statement: All old people are ignorant when it comes to technology.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

false cause and effect

c)

stereotyping

d)

namecalling

19.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following example: My friend James drinks 12 energy drinks every day and he has never had any problems with them. Therefore, energy drinks are not bad for you.

a)

false cause and effect

b)

hasty generalization

c)

name-calling

d)

false cause and effect

20.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following statement: we have had a bad economy ever since that guy was elected president!

a)

either-or-fallacy

b)

hasty generalization

c)

stereotyping

d)

false cause and effect

21.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following example: A school district shared data from testing that showed improvement in reading scores but neglected to show a decline in math scores and claimed to have had a completely successful year.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

false cause and effect

c)

cherry picking

d)

name-calling

22.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following statement: "My opponent Senator Johnson apparently never learned about climate change in school so he doesn't understand how important of an issue it is to his fellow Americans."

a)

hasty generalization

b)

false cause and effect

c)

stereotyping

d)

name-calling

23.

What logical fallacy occurs in the following example: You cannot judge my client's company for dumping bio waste in the ocean when you yourself don't recycle.

a)

false cause and effect

b)

either-or-fallacy

c)

false equivalence

d)

namecalling