PHIL 447N Week 3 Quiz (MCQs) - Download To Score A High Grade

1. (TCO 6) In Chapter 4, we learned how to assess the credibility of a claim. Consider the following passage: “On Thanksgiving Day 1990, an image said by some to resemble the Virgin Mary was observ ed in a stained glass window of St. Dominic's Church in Colfax, California. A physicist asked to investigate said the image was caused by sunlight shining through the window and reflecting from a newly installed hanging light fixture. Others said the image was a miracle.” Whose explanation is most likely true? (Points : 4) The people who first observed the image. The news agency who first reported it. The people who said the image was a miracle. The physicist who investigated the image. Question 2.2. (TCOs 7 and 9) In Chapter 5, we learned that it is important to recognize when a rhetorical slanting device is being used to influence our attitudes and beliefs. Here is an example. "Can Senator Morrison be believed when she says she will fight for the second amendment? You be the judge." The subtle hints undermining Senator Morrison’s credibility when it comes to her support for the Second Amendment suggest which rhetorical slanting device? (Points : 4) Dysphemism Proof surrogate Hyperbole Innuendo Question 3.3. (TCOs 7 and 9) In Chapter 5, we learned that it is important to recognize when a rhetorical slanting device is being used to influence our attitudes and beliefs. Here is an example. “Just when did you stop supporting the troops?” Which rhetorical slanting device is being used is this passage? (Points : 4) Loaded question Rhetorical question Dysphemism Euphemism Question 4.4. (TCOs 7 and 9) In Chapter 5, we learned that it is important to recognize when a rhetorical slanting device is being used to influence our attitudes and beliefs. Here is an example. "'Democrat' equals 'ideologically homeless ex-communist.'"—Linda Bowles The identification of a Democrat with an ex-communist suggests which rhetorical slanting device? (Points : 4) Hyperbole Stereotype Rhetorical definition Rhetorical explanation Question 5.5. (TCOs 7 and 9) In Chapter 5, we learned that it is important to recognize when a rhetorical slanting device is being used to influence our attitudes and beliefs. Here is an example. "His nose, however, is his redeeming feature: It is pronounced straight and well-formed; though I myself should have liked it better if it did not possess a somewhat spongy, porous appearance, as though it had been cleverly formed out of a red coloured cork."—Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers The comparison between a human nose and cork suggests which rhetorical slanting device? (Points : 4) Rhetorical definition Rhetorical analogy Rhetorical explanation Loaded question