Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments

Question 1

What is the author’s purpose? What is the author’s claim?

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to persuade; Selection 1: to persuade; Selection 2: Social media does more good than harm.

Question 2

Question 2

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Social media does more good than harm.

Question 3

Which statement is insufficient evidence to support the claim that social media helps teens who are shy connect with other people?

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Shy adults are comfortable on social media.

Question 4

Which piece of evidence would better support the claim?

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Sixty percent of users report making new friends through social media.

Question 5

What is an example of fallacious reasoning in the passage? What type of fallacy does the author use?

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Selection 1: The author calls the opposition idiots.; Selection 2: ad hominem

Question 6

Which statement best explains why this is an example of fallacious reasoning?

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The author fails to recognize other behaviors that cause distracted driving.

Question 7

What type of fallacy does the author use?

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false dilemma

Question 8

How does the author of passage 1 use rhetorical devices?

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The writer uses a rhetorical question to introduce the positive effects of social media.

Question 9

How does the author of passage 2 use rhetorical devices?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The writer uses parallelism to list the harm done by social media.

Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments Answers