Praxis 5047 Middle School English Language Arts Comprehensive Exam Review 2026

Praxis 5047 Writing, Speaking, and Listening


Question 1.
authors ask readers how they would feel about something or to put themselves in another's place..present the point & tell reader's
how they should feel

ANSWER
appeal to emotions



Question 2.
authors present their points to readers as the right or most moral choices (they cite expert opinions )

ANSWER
appeal to character, morality, or ethics



Question 3.
persuades readers that everyone else agrees with them

ANSWER
bandwagon appeals



Question 4.
potential weaknesses in an argument

ANSWER
logical fallacies



Question 5.
"After this, therefore because of this"

ANSWER
post hoc ergo propter hoc



Question 6.
an argument to tradition or antiquity

ANSWER
argumentum ad antiquitatem



Question 7.
against the person, not the person's state-ments/ideas

ANSWER
argumentum ad hominem




1/5

, Question 8.
an argument appealing to ignorance

ANSWER
argumentum ad ignorantiam



Question 9.
argument/appeal to logic

ANSWER
argumentum ad logicam



Question 10.
argument/appeal to pity

ANSWER
argumentum ad misericordiam



Question 11.
argument to the point of nausea

ANSWER
argumentum ad nauseam



Question 12.
argument or appeal to numbers

ANSWER
argumentum ad numerum



Question 13.
arguing or appealing to authority

ANSWER
argumentum ad verecundiam



Question 14.
circular argument "talking in circles"

ANSWER
circulus in demmonstrando



Question 15.
"With this, therefore because of this"

ANSWER
cum hoc ergo propter hoc




2/5