1. Question : A fallacy is an argument that CORRECT makes a mistake in deriving a conclusion. has a false conclusion. is a sound inductive argument. 2. Question : After being told that she is being punished for lying‚ a child responds by telling her mother that she also lied. This response may involve which fallacy? Student Answer: CORRECT Ad hominem (tu quoque) Ad verecundiam (ex libris) INCORRECT Ad misericordiam (ex ante)
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decision making Questions Rhetorical devices I‚ rhetorical devices II‚ rhetorical devices III‚ rhetorical devices IV‚ and proof surrogates and repetition Fallacies that involve appeals to emotion‚ some 100% Score: 15 / 15 non-emotion-based 10 11 12 13 14 15 fallacies‚ and two wrongs make a right The ad hominem fallacy‚ the genetic fallacy‚ straw man‚ false dilemma‚ slippery slope‚ misplacing 100% the burden of proof‚ and begging the question Concept: The stages of decision making Mastery
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There are No Limits to Growth by Lyndon H. LaRouche‚ Jr. Introduction by Helga Zepp-LaRouche Founder of the Club of Life Dear Reader‚ The Club of Life was founded on Oct. 22‚ 1982 in Rome‚ Wiesbaden‚ and many other cities around the world‚ and today‚ a year later‚ is already an anti-Malthusian mass movement in which many leading politicians‚ scientists‚ trade unionists‚ industry representatives‚ teachers‚ jurists‚ and others collaborate on four continents and in over 30 countries. The idea of
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Module 03 Written Assignment - Identifying Fallacious Reasoning in a Text Read the following text and answer the multiple choice questions below it. The numbers in the margins correspond with the questions. My friend Jacob and I frequently get together for long conversations at a local restaurant. What might start out as a simple dinner among friends can turn into an evening long debate‚ the finer points punctuated by the occasional pint and usually ended with coffee and dessert. Only recently
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it all works by the way? the answer lies far away from our earth‚ so far away that we need 100‚000 years to reach them. It all begins with the fusion of hydrogen and helium gas. In our space the gravity gathers particles of dust and hydrogen gas and the clouds grow more dense. They heat upto fantastic 18 million degrees Fahrenheit‚ and nuclear fusion turns hydrogen into helium‚ the fire ignites‚ A star is born. The star have a life cycle just like us‚ the are born‚ they live‚ and they die. they
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The Goal of Persuasive Speaking Persuasion is a communication process involving both verbal and nonverbal messages. - The ultimate goal is action or change. * Adoption asks listeners to demonstrate their acceptance * Discontinuance asks listeners to avoid certain behavior * Deterrence asks listeners to prevent an occurrence of something * Continuance asks listeners to continue to perform behaviors Topics for Persuasive Speeches Questions of Fact identify what is true or false Questions
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Career Building Competencies Somone Jacko BUS 275 December 4‚ 2012 Ernestine Givens‚ MBA . Career Building Competencies After completing my career interests’ profiler and competencies assessments‚ it helped me gain a better understanding of my competencies and how I apply them to a business setting. With the career interests’ profiler‚ it pretty much already told me what I already knew but more of a deeper understanding. What I do appreciate after taking completing the career
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Nicholas Titone Professor Flynn ENG 101_N01 30 September 2016 Rhetorical analysis of “The Case for Free Money” In “The Case for Free Money” the author introduces the audience to the concept of “Universal Basic Income”‚ a strategy in which current forms of more targeted government aid in the US (i.e. food stamps and welfare) are replaced by a fixed amount of money being provided to each and every citizen annually. (Surowiecki) Using a combination of historical reference‚ examples of the endorsement
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Directions: There is no single right answer to these questions – often you can argue very different points. What I care about is whether you use the information in the question and from the readings and lectures to logically support your argument. Here are the rules: 1) Be entirely explicit about your arguments. Don’t expect me to draw conclusions for myself‚ I won’t. 2) Make sure that your arguments have validity‚ that is‚ they are based on evidence/examples/truths that are observable
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Rhetorical Analysis “A Letter to the Chairman of the Drake School Board” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Is a letter that Vonnegut wrote to the chairman of the Drake School Board to address the burning of his books. Throughout the letter he uses logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos to give the audience reasons to emotionally and logically to agree with his side of and argument. The books were being burned because of the bad language in his book and also they convey sexy and wildness to the students. He wrote this to tell
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