Deck 8: Reasoning and Evidence

Question 1

James Brady was:

A) Afootball star from the 1970s with the Green Bay Packers
B) A presidential press official
C) An author of the central text on fallacies
D) A and B
E) All of the above

Answer 1

A presidential press official

Question 2

Which is true of Sarah Brady?

A) She uses vignettes of her life to be super-representative
B) She falls into the trap of employing fallacies
C) She employs mostly predictive claims to make her arguments
D) She worked for President Jimmy Carter
E) All of the above

Answer 2

She uses vignettes of her life to be super-representative

Question 3

A controversial recommendation for action of some sort is a proposition of:

A) Fact
B) Value
C) Policy
D) A and C
E) All of the above

Answer 3

Policy

Question 4

Truncated arguments with implicit premises are:

A) Fallacies
B) Stock issues
C) Syllogisms
D) Enthymemes

Question 5

Which is not a stock issue?

A) Need
B) Freedom from greater evils
C) Workability
D) Plausibility

Question 6

David Letterman appealed to ______ to garner sympathy from his audience.

A) Stock issues
B) Plausibility
C) Authority
D) Proposition of value

Question 7

Attacking a man's character rather than attacking his stand on the issues is engaging in the fallacy of:

A) Straw man
B) Non-sequitur
C) Red herring
D) Ad hominem
E) A and D

Question 8

"Capital punishment deters crime" is a:

A) Predictive claim
B) Causal claim
C) Enthymematic claim
D) Policy claim

Question 9

The statement "Censorship of literature only increases its sales" is a proposition of:

A) Fact
B) Value
C) Policy
D) Pragmatics

Question 10

Which is a part of "RPS"?

A) Rhetoric
B) Requirements
C) Persuasion
D) Society

Question 11

The Brady Bill is supported by the NRA.

Question 12

Sarah Brady is a Republican conservative who fights for gun control.

Question 13

A proposition of value is a recommendation for action of some sort, to be taken in the future.

Question 14

Practicality is a stock issue.

Question 15

Persuadees should question the links persuaders make between promises and conclusions.

Question 16

"Argument" involves staking out and supporting a claim that is not already known and agreed upon.

Question 17

Defenders of the status quo have the obligation of the burden of proof.

Question 18

Effects-oriented advocates often critique cause-oriented advocates as dreamers and utopians.

Question 19

The statement "Violence on television affects children's behavior" is a predictive claim.

Question 20

Straw man fallacies are a sub-category of ad hominem fallacies.

Question 21

Your family is trying to persuade you to transfer to a college closer to home. Evaluate the proposition in light of the five stock issues presented in your textbook.

Question 22

What exactly is the difference between propositions of fact, value, and policy? Define each; compare and contrast; provide examples.

Question 23

Describe and evaluate the structure of Sarah Brady's case in support of the Brady Bill, as presented in the table in your text.

Question 24

List and define the four forms of fallacies noted in your text. Compare and contrast them, providing examples for each.