SSH 105 Test 3 Questions With Correct
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Principle of charity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2 parts:
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1. Don't twist other people's words for better or worse. Be fair-minded
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and reasonable, and take the argument for what it is.
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2. Try to formulate a reconstruction that is well-formed, has premises
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that are R/J/R for the author/speaker to believe, and for inductive
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arguments aren't defeated. | |
How to recognize arguments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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step 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Figure out of it is an argument or not.
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How to figure out if it is an argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. look
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for a conclusion and look for premises
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ask yourself: is the author trying to get me to believe something by
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giving me reasons | |
Descriptive writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-just describing things. ex.
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the cat is on the table
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, rhetorical writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Asserts one or more
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conclusions without premises. in my opinion.... Ex. joseph is not nice
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Techniques for identifying conclusions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. try to
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ignore everything that isn't an argument
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2. remember any proposition on any topic can be a conclusion
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3. ask yourself what the overall point of what the speech is
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Identifying conclusions cont. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4. remember one
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speech can have one main argument and many sub-arguments
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5. look for conclusion indicators
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6. remember that these aren't always present
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7 remember that they aren't always last, sometimes they come first
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8. sometimes they are implicit conclusions
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9. sometimes the explicitly stated conclusion isn't what the author met
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10. they can be stated in obscure ways
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Conclusions indicators - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thus, therefore, hence,
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entails, implies, it follows that, we may conclude, this proves that,
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consequently, so, establishes, shows. | | |
Answers
Principle of charity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2 parts:
| | | | | |
1. Don't twist other people's words for better or worse. Be fair-minded
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and reasonable, and take the argument for what it is.
| | | | | | | | | |
2. Try to formulate a reconstruction that is well-formed, has premises
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that are R/J/R for the author/speaker to believe, and for inductive
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arguments aren't defeated. | |
How to recognize arguments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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step 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Figure out of it is an argument or not.
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How to figure out if it is an argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. look
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for a conclusion and look for premises
| | | | | |
ask yourself: is the author trying to get me to believe something by
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
giving me reasons | |
Descriptive writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-just describing things. ex.
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the cat is on the table
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, rhetorical writing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Asserts one or more
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conclusions without premises. in my opinion.... Ex. joseph is not nice
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Techniques for identifying conclusions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. try to
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ignore everything that isn't an argument
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2. remember any proposition on any topic can be a conclusion
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3. ask yourself what the overall point of what the speech is
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Identifying conclusions cont. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4. remember one
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speech can have one main argument and many sub-arguments
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5. look for conclusion indicators
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6. remember that these aren't always present
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7 remember that they aren't always last, sometimes they come first
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8. sometimes they are implicit conclusions
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9. sometimes the explicitly stated conclusion isn't what the author met
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10. they can be stated in obscure ways
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Conclusions indicators - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thus, therefore, hence,
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entails, implies, it follows that, we may conclude, this proves that,
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consequently, so, establishes, shows. | | |
