Texas vs. Johnson Quiz

Match the following

• reasoning

• To say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it.

• validity

• Source-based information including facts, figures, and details used to support the writer or speaker’s central idea or claim.

• claim

• A coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view.

• argument

• The process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgment.

• evidence

• Of a source, truthful in respect to the information presented.

Directions:  Use your knowledge of essential benchmark vocabulary to complete the following statement. "The statistics used in the study provided ​ ​ (a)   to support the author’s claim of why we should recycle frequently."

• validity
• claim
• evidence

The speaker’s (a)   presented​ vehicle emissions, fuel oils and natural gasses as the primary source for air pollution.

• reasoning
• evidence
• validity

The (a)   of the evidence used to support the author’s argument was compromised since it did not represent the truth.​

• validity
• reasoning
• evidence

​ ​ Majority Opinion: "Burning of the flag, in this circumstance, is not a crime."​ (a)  

• Claim
• Reason
• Evidence

Dissenting Opinion: "The American flag is a symbol of our Nation, which justifies the government prohibiting flag burning." (a)  

• Claim
• Evidence
• Reasoning

What is the meaning of fallacies as it is used in this quote: "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." (a)   ​

• deceptions
• truths
• punishments

How does the use of text structures impact the text in paragraph 1?

• The use of a sequence structure impacts the text by showing what happened in the case as events went along.

• The use of a cause and effect structure impacts the text by showing how actions lead to consequences.

• The use of a chronological structure impacts the text by showing how much time had passed since the event that caused the case occurred.

• The use of a problem and solution structure impacts the text by showing how the court system solves difficult questions.

How does Justice Brennan develop the argument in the majority opinion?

• By claiming that allowing flag burning has no place in our country as the flag is a symbol of national pride.

• By explaining how the flag is a symbol that has been used in history, but what is more important are the freedoms behind it.

• By outlining that it is important to make sure we punish those who would desecrate our national symbols.

• By explaining that it is important that we protect speech that is unpopular no matter how offensive it might be.

What is the definition of expressive as used in this quote: "The court first found that Johnson's burning of the flag was expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment."

• muted

• loud

• meaningful

• colorful