What is a unit of proof? What are its three components? How are they related to each other? What
are the five aspects of rhetorical proof?
What will be an ideal response?
Any idea is a unit of proof. It consists of a claim, support, and reasoning. The supporting
material is linked to the claim through reasoning. 1. Reasoning is crucial in linking support to claim;
2. reasoning is inferential and inferences may be wrong; 3. inferences are often in the form of implicit
statements; 4. speakers and listeners decide together whether inferences are sound; nothing guarantees
that inferences are correct, but tests exist to distinguish good inferences from bad.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To be effective, speakers who ________ must be keenly aware of who their listeners are and what they are likely to find amusing.
A. introduce B. persuade C. inform D. entertain