Developing an Effective Argument

Question 1

What type of reasoning does the speaker use in this excerpt?

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D: inductive; she begins with a specific premise, then follows it to a broad conclusion

Question 2

Attacking a person instead of their ideas is .

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A: an ad hominem argument

Question 3

Making a weak connection to predict something extreme is .

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A: a slippery slope

Question 4

What type of logical fallacy does this speaker make?

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B: straw man

Question 5

Exaggerating someone’s claim to make them sound unreasonable is .

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C: a straw man

Question 6

Using an argument’s conclusion as proof of that argument is .

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B: circular reasoning

Question 7

Making a statement that is unrelated to the claim is .

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C: a non sequitur

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