English 103 - Module 1 Quiz

What is an argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point?

• Concessions

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Claim

What term refers to the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief is true or valid?

• Inquiry

• Evidence

• Exigence

• Rhetoric

What is the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim?

• Reasoning

• Style

• Analogy

• Metaphor

What is the convergence in a situation of exigency, audience, and purpose called?

• Rhetorical situation

• Qualifications

• Issue

• Incongruity

What are limits we impose on our thesis to avoid absolute expressions and improve argument accuracy?

• Exigence

• Qualifications

• Claim

• Style

What term describes an important problem for debate or discussion?

• Issue

• Inquiry

• Evidence

• Metaphor

What is the search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions?

• Inquiry

• Assonance

• Analogy

• Concessions

What is an issue, problem, or situation that causes someone to write or speak?

• Exigence

• Claim

• Rhetoric

• Simile

What is the art of persuasion that studies the techniques and strategies of speakers or writers?

• Rhetoric

• Style

• Incongruity

• Alliteration

What is the writer's position on an issue or problem called?

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Metaphor