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WRIT 100 ARGUMENT - OLE MISS QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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WRIT 100 ARGUMENT - OLE MISS QUESTIONS WITHCOMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Accurately and fairly representing viewpoints that counter your
own is a bad strategy for writing an academic argument? T/F
Correct Answer false
An argumentative thesis incorporates all of the following
characteristics except Correct Answer value based
Arguing that extra sensory perception is real because you have
extra sensory perception is Correct Answer begging the
question
Assuming that because a mosquito infestation came after the
building of a dam, the building of the dam caused the mosquito
infestation is Correct Answer post hoc
Calling a proponent of a controversial environmental reform a
"tree-hugger" rather than arguing against the reform is Correct
Answer Ad hominem
Concluding that all dogs are vicious because one dog snarls and
bites is a Correct Answer hasty generalization
Concluding that vaccines cause autism is true because many
celebrities believe it is Correct Answer bandwagon
Denise has been reading up on vaccinations and how some
parents choose not to immunize their children. She just read a
source about a town in California that suffered a measles
, outbreak due to many children in the local school system not
being vaccinated. She is incorporating information from this
source into her paper to rebut claims from another source that
says children who are not vaccinated are safer. Which of the
following is the best option for a sentence in her rebuttal?
Correct Answer Children need to be vaccinated because
outbreaks may occur within communities if enough people aren't
immunized.
Lisa is a first-year student who is working on a campus project
to increase recycling in the fraternity and sorority houses. She
has been invited to address the student body government about
her ideas. The government has been very reluctant to pass
measures in the past that add rules to Greek houses. What is
Lisa's best rhetorical approach in addressing the group? Correct
Answer Lisa should emphasize the philanthropic aspect of
fraternities and sororities and point out that enhanced recycling
would give the Greek houses a chance to contribute positively to
the community and campus while benefitting everyone in the
long term because all students gain from a cleaner environment.
Proposing that legalizing marijuana will lead to a higher murder
rate is Correct Answer Slippery slope. this fallacy suggests that
a relatively small step will lead to a large-scale, significant
effect or event.
Reorganizing paragraphs to improve the logic of the argument is
not an effective strategy for building common ground because...
Correct Answer A logical argument can still be offensive to an
audience. Though reorganizing paragraphs might make the
argument more clear, doing so doesn't build common ground.
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