PLS2601
ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 2022
, PLS2601 – Critical Reasoning
Semester 2 of the Year 2022
ASSIGNMENT 2
QUESTION 1: SHORT QUESTIONS:
Instructions for Question 1:
Write short answers for each question. The number alongside each question is the total
mark for the question.
1.1 What is the difference between an opinion and an informed opinion? (2 marks)
1.2 For us to be critical thinkers, we need to do ‘critical self-reflection.’ What does this
mean?
(3 marks)
1.3 Identify the type of writing which is in use in the following passages:
(Note: Write only one type of writing)
1.3.1 On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al
Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the
United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade
Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just
outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency
of George W. Bush. (2 marks)
1.3.2 My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar―the first
instrument I taught myself how to play. It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar,
all scuffed and scratched and fingerprinted. At the top is a bramble of copper-wound
strings, each one hooked through the eye of a silver tuning key. The strings are
stretched down a long, slim neck, its frets tarnished, the wood worn by years of
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ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 2022
, PLS2601 – Critical Reasoning
Semester 2 of the Year 2022
ASSIGNMENT 2
QUESTION 1: SHORT QUESTIONS:
Instructions for Question 1:
Write short answers for each question. The number alongside each question is the total
mark for the question.
1.1 What is the difference between an opinion and an informed opinion? (2 marks)
1.2 For us to be critical thinkers, we need to do ‘critical self-reflection.’ What does this
mean?
(3 marks)
1.3 Identify the type of writing which is in use in the following passages:
(Note: Write only one type of writing)
1.3.1 On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al
Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the
United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade
Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just
outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency
of George W. Bush. (2 marks)
1.3.2 My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar―the first
instrument I taught myself how to play. It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar,
all scuffed and scratched and fingerprinted. At the top is a bramble of copper-wound
strings, each one hooked through the eye of a silver tuning key. The strings are
stretched down a long, slim neck, its frets tarnished, the wood worn by years of
1
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