According to your textbook, when you reason in a persuasive speech from a general principle to a specific conclusion, you are using
A. universal reasoning.
B. reasoning by generalization.
C. reasoning from principle.
D. analogical reasoning.
E. reasoning from premises.
Answer: C
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A. Race involves biological characteristics while ethnicity does not. B. Race is ascribed whilst ethnicity is avowed. C. Race is attached to nation while ethnicity is attached to group. D. Race does not refer to biological characteristics but ethnicity does.
Templates for a stations programming elements are referred to as
a. skew graphs. b. clocks. c. libraries. d. spots.
When you are working with someone from a culture different from your own, you need to:
A. Expect him or her to have learned how to follow your cultural norms B. Judge the stranger on the basis of how she or he fulfills your own cultural expectations C. Differentiate among what you observe, what your interpretations are, and how you might judge the individual D. All of the above E. None of the above
In opposing an argument made by the advocate, you have decided to use a strategy
of denial. You may NOT employ the strategy of denial in which of the following circumstances? (a) The advocate has offered a preemptive argument and you will explain why the preemptive argument is an accurate denial from your perspective on the proposition. (b) The advocate has overlooked certain important facts which you will provide along with an explanation of the significance of their having been overlooked. (c) The advocate has given undue significance to certain facts and you will explain why these facts lack significance. (d) The advocate has drawn unwarranted conclusions from her proof and you will provide the proper conclusion.