Developing an Effective Argument

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

Making a claim based on limited evidence is .

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a hasty generalization

Question 3

Arguing that something is true because many people believe it is .

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an ad populum argument

Question 4

Making a statement that is unrelated to the claim is .

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a non sequitur

Question 5

Attacking a person instead of their ideas is .

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an ad hominem argument

Question 6

Making a weak connection to predict something extreme is .

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a slippery slope

Question 7

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

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a straw man

Question 8

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

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circular reasoning

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