Alena is listening to a speaker's evidence during a speech on genetically modified foods. According to your textbook, Alena should be asking:
A. Is the evidence relevant to the speaker's claims?
B. Is the evidence consistent with the speaker's delivery?
C. Is the evidence from objective sources?
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both Is the evidence from objective sources? and Is the evidence relevant to the speaker's claims?
Answer: E
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b. Men were responsible for work while women were responsible for family life. c. Women were emotionally expressive and men were more emotionally reserved. d. Masculinity was tied to being an intellectual and driven. e. Both women and men were affectionate and expressive.
A politician calls a press conference when he is being accused of taking bribes while in office. Instead of addressing this issue, the politician speaks about the evils of child pornography. What fallacy is this politician committing?
a. red herring b. appeal to misplaced authority c. hasty generalization d. either/or
The best ______ usually provide a provocative and insightful perspective on topics of great interest to the public.
a. news features b. speeches c. Op-Eds d. white papers
Explain the term "Flatter your Audience"?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).