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ILRLR 3300 Prelim 1 Questions and
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argumentation
Ans: the cooperative activity of developing and advancing
arguments and of responding to the arguments of others
argument
Ans: a claim advanced with a reason or reasons in its support
audience
Ans: people for whom we develop our arguments
advocacy
Ans: the activity of promoting or opposing an idea in public
settings
power
Ans: the capacity to wield influence, to shape important
decisions that affect the lives of others
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public discourse
Ans: open discussion of those issues that potentially affect
everyone
pluralistic culture
Ans: a society composed of groups who see the world from
different perspectives, value different activities, hold disparate
religious beliefs, and aspire to different goals
values
Ans: deeply held moral commitments acquired from family,
cultural background, religious training, and personal experience
rule of reason
Ans: the agreement to engage in the cooperative process of
argumentation rather than to resolve disagreem ent by other
means
procedures
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Ans: the rules or guidelines according to which argumentation
will take place
claim
Ans: a statement the advocate believes or is in the process of
evaluating
reason
Ans: a statement advanced for the purpose of establishing a
claim
conclusion
Ans: a claim that has been reached by a process of reasoning
inference
Ans: the rational movement from a particular reason or
reasons to a particular conclusion
case
Ans: a series of arguments, all advanced to support the same
general contention or set of conclusions
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logical sense
Ans: your sense of how arguments develop
indicators
Ans: words and phrases such as "because" and "therefore" that
provide important clues to identifying reasons and conclusions
in an argument
structure of inferences
Ans: the relationships among the reasons and the conclusions
in an argument
cues
Ans: words or phrases that signal something, other than a
reason or a conclusion, about the content of an argument
reservation
Ans: a statement that acknowledges the existence of an
argument, evidence, or an attitude opposing the conclusion
being advanced
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ILRLR 3300 Prelim 1 Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
argumentation
Ans: the cooperative activity of developing and advancing
arguments and of responding to the arguments of others
argument
Ans: a claim advanced with a reason or reasons in its support
audience
Ans: people for whom we develop our arguments
advocacy
Ans: the activity of promoting or opposing an idea in public
settings
power
Ans: the capacity to wield influence, to shape important
decisions that affect the lives of others
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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public discourse
Ans: open discussion of those issues that potentially affect
everyone
pluralistic culture
Ans: a society composed of groups who see the world from
different perspectives, value different activities, hold disparate
religious beliefs, and aspire to different goals
values
Ans: deeply held moral commitments acquired from family,
cultural background, religious training, and personal experience
rule of reason
Ans: the agreement to engage in the cooperative process of
argumentation rather than to resolve disagreem ent by other
means
procedures
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Ans: the rules or guidelines according to which argumentation
will take place
claim
Ans: a statement the advocate believes or is in the process of
evaluating
reason
Ans: a statement advanced for the purpose of establishing a
claim
conclusion
Ans: a claim that has been reached by a process of reasoning
inference
Ans: the rational movement from a particular reason or
reasons to a particular conclusion
case
Ans: a series of arguments, all advanced to support the same
general contention or set of conclusions
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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logical sense
Ans: your sense of how arguments develop
indicators
Ans: words and phrases such as "because" and "therefore" that
provide important clues to identifying reasons and conclusions
in an argument
structure of inferences
Ans: the relationships among the reasons and the conclusions
in an argument
cues
Ans: words or phrases that signal something, other than a
reason or a conclusion, about the content of an argument
reservation
Ans: a statement that acknowledges the existence of an
argument, evidence, or an attitude opposing the conclusion
being advanced
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
