Which of the following is true?
A. The purpose of argumentation is to discover the truth.
B. The purpose of argumentation is to convince others of the truth of what you believe.
C. The purpose of rhetoric is to discover the truth.
D. None of these answers is true.
Answer: A
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A. intentional B. accountability C. assertibility D. communicability
Explain the differences between learning a language as a child and learning the
language coming from a foreign country.
What will be an ideal response?Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Following the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, Catholic and Greek Orthodox Bibles began to omit the Apocrypha from the biblical canon. 2. A vividly detailed account, the Book of 1 Maccabees describes Jewish struggles against enforced Hellenization. 3. Like Esther, 1 Maccabees narrates Jewish battles against Gentile oppression without referring to miracles or divine intervention. 4. In a final outrage, Antiochus installs an altar to the Greek God Apollo in the Temple sanctuary, rendering it ceremonially unclean. 5. After Syrian troops massacre 1,000 Jews who refuse to defend themselves on the Sabbath, Mattathias and his followers decide that self-defense does not violate Sabbath regulations.
Which of the following statements is vague?
A) The United States was the first nation to develop nuclear weapons. B) This shirt is made entirely of cotton. C) Joe talked to Tom in his dorm room. D) The water in this pool is quite warm. E) Felicity's birthday is on July 12.