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QuizMultiple Choice

Developing an Effective Argument

Question 11 • FL-1001370-English 3 A

Read this excerpt from a letter to the editor about a school’s curriculum.Some members of the school board argue that all students should study the same foreign language. However, choice has been an important part of our school curriculum for decades. Students are more engaged and do better when they study subjects that they are interested in and that they choose to take. Why are these board members trying to remove student choice from our curriculum?

Answer
A
straw man
B
red herring
C
false analogy
D
circular reasoning

Explanation

The writer suggests that board members want to remove student choice from the entire curriculum, even though their stated position is only that all students should study the same foreign language. This misrepresents their argument and attacks the distorted version, which is a straw man. A red herring would distract from the issue, while neither a false analogy nor circular reasoning is shown.

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