BJU ENGLISH 102 FINAL EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH STUDY
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Which of the three steps of writing takes the most time? - ANS ✔✔Prewriting
Name the three kinds of writers. - ANS ✔✔Bleeders, plodders, and sprinters
What are the journalist's questions? - ANS ✔✔What, who, when, where, how, why
Name the orders information can be presented in. - ANS ✔✔Chronological, spatial, climactic, particular
to general, general to particular
Does argument appeal to the rational or emotional? - ANS ✔✔The rational
Does persuasion appeal to the rational or emotional? - ANS ✔✔The emotional
What does argument use words for? - ANS ✔✔Their denotation (meaning)
What does persuasion use words for? - ANS ✔✔Their connotation (emotional association)
What are the statements of argument called? - ANS ✔✔Assertions
Does the Bible use argumentation? - ANS ✔✔Yes
Does the Bible use persuasion? - ANS ✔✔Yes
What is the purpose of argument? - ANS ✔✔Mental agreement
What is the purpose of persuasion? - ANS ✔✔Action
What should determine the use of argument vs. persuasion? - ANS ✔✔The subject and situation
What is argumentation? - ANS ✔✔The presenting of public reasons for one's private convictions
Where in the introduction should the thesis be? - ANS ✔✔The end
Where in the conclusion should the thesis be? - ANS ✔✔The beginning
What should the introduction do? - ANS ✔✔Introduce the topic, establish controversy, and state the
alternatives
What should the conclusion do? - ANS ✔✔Present ramifications of the thesis, establish the immediacy
or relevancy of the topic (can include a clinching quotation or fact)
What should a conclusion NOT do? - ANS ✔✔Repeat the main points, move to application or persuasion,
or raise new issues/new reasons
, What three things should a thesis or proposition be? - ANS ✔✔Declarative, controversial, and verifiable
What is equivocation? - ANS ✔✔The use of ambiguous terms without definition
Are conviction and prejudice the same thing? - ANS ✔✔No
What is a prejudice? - ANS ✔✔A strongly held belief without adequate support
What is ignoratio elenchi? - ANS ✔✔Diversion
What is petitio principii? - ANS ✔✔Arguing in a circle
What is tautology? - ANS ✔✔Unnecessary repetition ("a new beginner")
Are there absolutes in Scripture? - ANS ✔✔Yes
Is the proposition "I am a sinner" universal or particular? - ANS ✔✔Particular
Is the proposition "All men are sinners" universal or particular? - ANS ✔✔Universal
What is a fallacy? - ANS ✔✔A flaw in the argumentative process (NOT related to the truth of the
assertions)
What is generalization? - ANS ✔✔Applying particular support to a universal proposition
What does "deduction" literally mean? - ANS ✔✔"Leading from"
What does "induction" literally mean? - ANS ✔✔"Leading in"
What is a syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A formal argument in logic that is formed by two statements and a
conclusion which must be true if the two statements are true
What is the antecedent? - ANS ✔✔The conditional clause in the major premise of a hypothetical
syllogism ("If you study diligently . . .")
What is the consequent? - ANS ✔✔The main clause in the major premise of a hypothetical syllogism
(". . . then you will get good grades")
What is a categorical syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A logical argument in which the major premise is a simple
declarative statement ("all men are sinners")
What is a hypothetical syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A logical argument in which the major premise is a
conditional clause ("if all men are sinners")
What is a disjunctive syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A logical argument in which the major premise is an
alternative ("the cake has either chocolate or vanilla frosting")
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Which of the three steps of writing takes the most time? - ANS ✔✔Prewriting
Name the three kinds of writers. - ANS ✔✔Bleeders, plodders, and sprinters
What are the journalist's questions? - ANS ✔✔What, who, when, where, how, why
Name the orders information can be presented in. - ANS ✔✔Chronological, spatial, climactic, particular
to general, general to particular
Does argument appeal to the rational or emotional? - ANS ✔✔The rational
Does persuasion appeal to the rational or emotional? - ANS ✔✔The emotional
What does argument use words for? - ANS ✔✔Their denotation (meaning)
What does persuasion use words for? - ANS ✔✔Their connotation (emotional association)
What are the statements of argument called? - ANS ✔✔Assertions
Does the Bible use argumentation? - ANS ✔✔Yes
Does the Bible use persuasion? - ANS ✔✔Yes
What is the purpose of argument? - ANS ✔✔Mental agreement
What is the purpose of persuasion? - ANS ✔✔Action
What should determine the use of argument vs. persuasion? - ANS ✔✔The subject and situation
What is argumentation? - ANS ✔✔The presenting of public reasons for one's private convictions
Where in the introduction should the thesis be? - ANS ✔✔The end
Where in the conclusion should the thesis be? - ANS ✔✔The beginning
What should the introduction do? - ANS ✔✔Introduce the topic, establish controversy, and state the
alternatives
What should the conclusion do? - ANS ✔✔Present ramifications of the thesis, establish the immediacy
or relevancy of the topic (can include a clinching quotation or fact)
What should a conclusion NOT do? - ANS ✔✔Repeat the main points, move to application or persuasion,
or raise new issues/new reasons
, What three things should a thesis or proposition be? - ANS ✔✔Declarative, controversial, and verifiable
What is equivocation? - ANS ✔✔The use of ambiguous terms without definition
Are conviction and prejudice the same thing? - ANS ✔✔No
What is a prejudice? - ANS ✔✔A strongly held belief without adequate support
What is ignoratio elenchi? - ANS ✔✔Diversion
What is petitio principii? - ANS ✔✔Arguing in a circle
What is tautology? - ANS ✔✔Unnecessary repetition ("a new beginner")
Are there absolutes in Scripture? - ANS ✔✔Yes
Is the proposition "I am a sinner" universal or particular? - ANS ✔✔Particular
Is the proposition "All men are sinners" universal or particular? - ANS ✔✔Universal
What is a fallacy? - ANS ✔✔A flaw in the argumentative process (NOT related to the truth of the
assertions)
What is generalization? - ANS ✔✔Applying particular support to a universal proposition
What does "deduction" literally mean? - ANS ✔✔"Leading from"
What does "induction" literally mean? - ANS ✔✔"Leading in"
What is a syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A formal argument in logic that is formed by two statements and a
conclusion which must be true if the two statements are true
What is the antecedent? - ANS ✔✔The conditional clause in the major premise of a hypothetical
syllogism ("If you study diligently . . .")
What is the consequent? - ANS ✔✔The main clause in the major premise of a hypothetical syllogism
(". . . then you will get good grades")
What is a categorical syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A logical argument in which the major premise is a simple
declarative statement ("all men are sinners")
What is a hypothetical syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A logical argument in which the major premise is a
conditional clause ("if all men are sinners")
What is a disjunctive syllogism? - ANS ✔✔A logical argument in which the major premise is an
alternative ("the cake has either chocolate or vanilla frosting")
