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Assess the vagueness of the following: "Please don't make any more late-night phone calls." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: "Please don't make any more unpleasant phone calls." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: "Whiskey is no worse a drink for you than beer." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: Overheard after a piano recital: "Well, you did it again!" |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: "Korn just can't do what the Rolling Stones did." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: "This warranty becomes void if the owner uses the hammer improperly." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: "It's not the heat that gets you, it's the humidity." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Assess the vagueness of the following: "When persons voluntarily hold a property for others, they may avoid a charge of negligence by taking reasonable care of the property." |
| | A) | vague in itself |
| | B) | vague comparison |
| | C) | no vagueness |
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Match the following definition of "average" with the term below that identifies it: "The average grade in the class is the total of all the grade points divided by the number of people in the class." |
| | A) | This "average" is the mode for the class. |
| | B) | This "average" is the median grade for the class. |
| | C) | This "average" is the mean grade for the class. |
| | D) | This "average" represents the mediocre students in the class. |
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Match the following definition of "average" with the term below that identifies it: "The average grade in the class is the halfway grade, which half the class exceeded and half the class fell short of." |
| | A) | This "average" is the mean grade for the class. |
| | B) | This "average" is the mode for the class. |
| | C) | This "average" is the median grade for the class. |
| | D) | This "average" represents the mediocre students in the class. |
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Match the following definition of "average" with the term below that identifies it: "The average grade in the class is the most common grade given." |
| | A) | This "average" is the median grade for the class. |
| | B) | This "average" is the mode for the class. |
| | C) | This "average" is the mean grade for the class. |
| | D) | This "average" represents the mediocre students in the class. |
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"A claim whose ambiguity is due to the ambiguity of a particular word or phrase." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | grouping ambiguity |
| | B) | semantic ambiguity |
| | C) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"A claim whose ambiguity is due to a problem with its structure." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"A claim whose ambiguity rests on a confusion between a collection of entities or individual entities." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | grouping ambiguity |
| | B) | semantic ambiguity |
| | C) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"This morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"Hands were around before forks were." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"Our mothers bore us." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"I thought your driveway was longer than it is." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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Newspaper headline: "Unskilled Workers Get Shot at Jobs." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"Americans have shown themselves willing to drop nuclear weapons." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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"Dad, for my lunch tomorrow you should peel the star fruit and then cut it into pieces and put them in a plastic bag. It's easier that way." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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Sign in front of a vacant lot: "Fine for Littering." Identify the ambiguity. |
| | A) | semantic ambiguity |
| | B) | syntactic ambiguity |
| | C) | grouping ambiguity |
| | D) | no ambiguity |
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Moving from a conclusion about a group of entities to a claim about the individuals in the group is known as which of the following fallacies? |
| | A) | the fallacy of composition |
| | B) | the fallacy of division |
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Moving from a conclusion about the individuals in a group to a claim about the group as a whole is know as which of the following fallacies? |
| | A) | the fallacy of division |
| | B) | the fallacy of composition |
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If a child is labeled "special," we may infer that the child is |
| | A) | retarded. |
| | B) | loved. |
| | C) | different in a admirably creative way. |
| | D) | different in a socially unacceptable way. |
| | E) | There is no way to tell. |
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A(n) _______ is used to introduce an unusual or unfamiliar word, to coin new words, or to introduce a new meaning to a familiar word. |
| | A) | stipulative definition |
| | B) | precising definition |
| | C) | explanatory definition |
| | D) | persuasive definition |
| | E) | definition by example |
| | F) | analytical definition |
| | G) | definition by synonym |
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A(n) ________ is used to reduce vagueness and eliminate ambiguity. |
| | A) | definition by synonym |
| | B) | explanatory definition |
| | C) | persuasive definition |
| | D) | definition by example |
| | E) | analytical definition |
| | F) | stipulative definition |
| | G) | precising definition |
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A(n) ________ is a definition that points to, names, or describes one or more examples of something to which the defined term applies. |
| | A) | explanatory definition |
| | B) | definition by synonym |
| | C) | definition by example |
| | D) | analytical definition |
| | E) | persuasive definition |
| | F) | precising definition |
| | G) | stipulative definition |
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A(n) ________ is a definition that gives another word or phrase that means the same thing as the term being defined. |
| | A) | explanatory definition |
| | B) | precising definition |
| | C) | definition by example |
| | D) | stipulative definition |
| | E) | persuasive definition |
| | F) | definition by synonym |
| | G) | analytical definition |
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A(n) ________ is a definition that specifies the type of thing the term applies to and the differences between the things the term applies to and other things of the same type. |
| | A) | precising definition |
| | B) | stipulative definition |
| | C) | analytical definition |
| | D) | explanatory definition |
| | E) | persuasive definition |
| | F) | definition by example |
| | G) | definition by synonym |
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Which principle of organization for essay writing is described in the following? "Make clear at the outset what issue you intend to address and what your position on the issue will be." |
| | A) | the principle of sticking to the issue |
| | B) | the principle of logical sequencing |
| | C) | the principle of focus |
| | D) | the principle of completeness |
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Which principle of organization for essay writing is described in the following? "All points you make in an essay should be connected to the issue under discussion." |
| | A) | the principle of focus |
| | B) | the principle of sticking to the issue |
| | C) | the principle of logical sequencing |
| | D) | the principle of completeness |
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Which principle of organization for essay writing is described in the following? "Make a point before clarifying it and make sure your reader can discern the relationship between any given sentence and your ultimate goal." |
| | A) | the principle of completeness |
| | B) | the principle of sticking to the issue |
| | C) | the principle of logical sequencing |
| | D) | the principle of focus |
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Which principle of organization for essay writing is described in the following? "Support fully and adequately whatever position you take on an issue." |
| | A) | the principle of focus |
| | B) | the principle of sticking to the issue |
| | C) | the principle of completeness |
| | D) | the principle of logical sequencing |
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