quiz on analzing agruments

analyzing agruments quizs

https://prezi.com/a4npo1g4yw55/analyzing-arguments… this is the powerpoint link so u can study and prepare as the quiz answer gives me the results right away

I also am including the worksheet with the answers included so you get the general ideal , here is the quiz

Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“The turkey vulture is called by that name because its red featherless head resembles the head of a wild turkey.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“The reason she killed him is because she loved him.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“A mammal is a vertebrate animal that nurses its offspring. Thus, cats and dogs are mammals, as are sheep, monkeys, rabbits, and bears.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“We hired another member for the night shift because the crew that is on cannot keep up with the workload.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“I bought a hybrid car because it gets good gas mileage.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“Those photos faded because they were printed on a computer.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“The academic success of a student is due to the teacher’s efforts, not those of the administrators. Hence, teachers should be compensated at the same rate as administrators.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“Because the dog was abused, he bites, he’s destructive, and he has anti-social behaviors.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“If stem-cell research is restricted, then future cures will not materialize. If future cures do not materialize, then people will die prematurely. Therefore, if stem-cell research is restricted, then people will die prematurely.”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the passage below is an argument or explanation:

“Everyone hates me because I’m so universally liked. –Peter de Vries”

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a. argument

b. explanation

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Determine whether the following argument is best interpreted as being deductive or inductive:

“Because a triangle A is congruent with triangle B, and triangle A is isosceles, it follows that triangle B is isosceles.”

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a. deductive

b. inductive

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Determine whether the following argument is best interpreted as being deductive or inductive:

“No email messages are eloquent creations. Some love letters are eloquent creations. Therefore, some love letters are not email messages.”

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a. deductive

b. inductive

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Determine whether the following argument is best interpreted as being deductive or inductive:

“Paying off terrorists in exchange for hostages is not a wise policy, since such action will only lead them to take more hostages in the future.”

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a. deductive

b. inductive

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Determine whether the following argument is best interpreted as being deductive or inductive:

“World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking says that the condition of the universe at the instant of the Big Bang was more highly ordered than it is today. In view of Hawking’s stature in the scientific community, we should conclude that this description of the universe is correct.”

Select one:

a. deductive

b. inductive

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Determine whether the following argument is best interpreted as being deductive or inductive. If the argument is deductive, determine if it is valid or invalid.

“Either classical culture originated in Greece, or it originated Egypt. Classical culture did not originate in Egypt. Therefore, classical culture originated in Greece.”

Select one:

a. deductive; valid

b. deductive; invalid

c. inductive

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Determine whether the following argument is best interpreted as being deductive or inductive. If the argument is deductive, determine if it is valid or invalid.

“If a person lives in Benicia, then they live in California. Bob lives in Benicia. So, it must follow that Bob lives in California.”

Select one:

a. deductive; valid

b. deductive; invalid

c. inductive

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The actual strength of the link between premises and a conclusion may allow one to determine whether an argument is inductive or deductive.

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True

False

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If an argument contains the phrase “it must follow,” then we know that the argument is deductive.

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False

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An argument that draws a conclusion about a thing based on that thing’s similarity to something else is a deductive argument.

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True

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An argument that predicts what will happen in the future, based on what has happened in the past, is an inductive argument.

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True

False