"All ministers are honest people. Rev. Thompson is a minister. Rev. Thompson is a minister; therefore, he is an honest man." This is an example of _____

a. inductive reasoning
b. a syllogism
c. a form of causal reasoning
d. a fallacy known as ad hominem


b

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Which of the following is NOT true of Moss Kendrix?

A) cofounded Phi Delta Delta journalism society B) created National Negro Newspaper Week C) made the public aware that African-Americans did not have much buying power D) opened his own PR firm with the motto "What the Public Thinks Counts" E) spearheaded the Republic of Liberia's centennial celebration

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This penny press editor almost single handedly changed the course of journalism history, and he would have been the first to admit it, if charged:

a) Benjamin Day; b) James Gordon Bennett; c) Horace Greeley; d) Henry Raymond; e) William Cullen Bryant

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Listeners from cultures with a _____ orientation consider time an important resource

A) high-power B) high-context C) short-term time D) long-term time

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Generalized statements of the outcomes you hope your plan will achieve are _________

A) goals B) brainstorming C) tactics D) building consensus E) objectives

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