Retake Study Guide: Part 1

Which of the following arguments uses the ethos appeal?

• People who eat chocolate are 72% happier than those who don't, so we should eat chocolate every day!

• If we don't adopt the puppy, he may never find a home!

• As a dentist, I recommend using sensitive toothpaste to protect your enamel.

• If you don't turn in your homework, your grades will suffer.

Which of the following arguments uses the pathos appeal?

• If you don't turn in your homework, your grades will drop.

• This man knows his dinosaur fossils because he has been a paleontology researcher for 30 years.

• If we don't adopt the puppy, he may never find a home!

• As a dentist, I recommend using sensitive toothpaste to protect your enamel.

Which of the following arguments uses the logos appeal?

• People who eat chocolate are 72% happier than those who don't, so we should eat chocolate every day!

• If we don't adopt the puppy, he may never find a home!

• If you donate to Save the Children, you can make a difference in a child's life.

• This man knows his dinosaur fossils because he has been a paleontology researcher for 30 years.

Which of the following arguments uses the ethos appeal?

• This man knows his dinosaur fossils because he has been a paleontology researcher for 30 years.

• People who eat chocolate are 72% happier than those who don't, so we should eat chocolate every day!

• If you don't turn in your homework, your grades will drop.

• If we don't adopt the puppy, he may never find a home!

Which of the following arguments uses the pathos appeal?

• People who eat chocolate are 72% happier than those who don't, so we should eat chocolate every day!

• As a dentist, I recommend using sensitive toothpaste to protect your enamel.

• If you donate to Save the Children, you can make a difference in a child's life.

• This man knows his dinosaur fossils because he has been a paleontology researcher for 30 years.

Which of the following arguments uses the logos appeal?

• If we don't adopt the puppy, he may never find a home!

• If you donate to Save the Children, you can make a difference in a child's life.

• As a dentist, I recommend using sensitive toothpaste to protect your enamel.

• If you don't turn in your homework, your grades will drop.

Which of the following is inductive reasoning?

• A) "People often feel more anxiety and stress on Sundays, particularly in the evening, when the dread of the coming week sets in. But the Sunday scaries don't exist on vacation because on vacation, you forget what day it is."

• B) "It's all fun, no worries, no chores, no homework, and of course, no Sunday scaries."

• C) Dave made a 0, so he needs to redo his assignment.

• D) John uses my hand sanitizer every class period. I'm running low on hand sanitizer, so it must be because of John.

Which of the following is deductive reasoning?

• A. Astronauts go to space, and space has no gravity. So, astronauts must be able to live without gravity.

• B. The remote is not working, so the batteries must be dead.

• C. John uses my hand sanitizer every class period. I'm running low on hand sanitizer, so it must be because of John.

• D. Becca always reads books, and she has the highest grade in class. You will be the smartest kid in class if you read books.

Which of the following is casual reasoning?

• The school offers lunch, and it offers breakfast. Students have two options for meals while at school.

• The pencils are always gone by Core 2, and Mrs. Stansbury has been assigning written work. Core 1 must take all of the pencils.

• "A world without weekends would look like no Saturday sleepovers or Sunday fun day, just endless school over and over again."

• "Life was pretty bleak, so I decided to take a two-month trip around the world."

Which of the following is inductive reasoning?

• "When I got home, I was ready to pick myself up, dust myself off, and restart my life. Vacations are like that. They're fun, sure, but they're also for healing and transformation."

• "Even taking the most amazing vacation in the world once a year wouldn't be enough to save you from that horror."

• Dave made a 0, so he needs to redo his assignment.

• My phone was dying, so I plugged it in to let it charge.