Rhetoric and Composition Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Rhetoric and Composition introduces students to the fundamentals of effective written communication, focusing on the art of persuasion and critical analysis. The course explores rhetorical strategies, audience awareness, and the writing process, guiding students through drafting, revising, and editing various types of academic and professional texts. Emphasizing evidence-based arguments, it develops skills in critical reading, research, and the coherent presentation of ideas to meet diverse communication goals.
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Chapter 1: Recognizing Arguments
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Q1) Mark has been late to work every day since he started working in our department.
A) Argument
B) Explanation
C) Neither an argument nor an explanation
Answer: C
Q2) An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused flight disruptions last weekend. The flights were disrupted because small particles from the ash could cause engine failure.
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Answer: C
Q3) The people of Haiti have been in crisis since the earthquake on January 12.
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Analyzing Arguments
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Q1) "Healthy. Delicious. Drink Ovaltine!" Which of the following claims represents the implied conclusion of this argument?
A) Ovaltine is healthy.
B) Ovaltine is delicious.
C) You should drink Ovaltine.
D) None; this is not an argument.
Answer: C
Q2) Rhinoceros herds must be protected, so you ought to support the Save African Rhinos campaign.
Answer: P: Rhinoceros herds must be protected. \(\therefore\) You ought to support the Save African Rhinos campaign.
Issue: Whether you ought to support the Save African Rhinos campaign
Q3) If you are looking for a candidate who will be governor for the future and who will listen to the voices of all the people who vote in this country, then you ought to vote for the candidate supported by the "America First" party.
Answer: This passage contains neither an argument nor an explanation. There is only one claim, and both arguments and explanations contain at least two claims.
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Chapter 3: Diagramming Arguments
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Q1) The city zoo is deeply in debt. And anytime a zoo is in debt, it ought to be sold to private investors. You know what follows from that, don't you?
Answer: This passage contains an argument. The issue is whether the city zoo ought to be sold to private investors. The unstated conclusion is that the city zoo ought to be sold to private investors. The first premise is that the city zoo is deeply in debt. The second premise is that anytime a zoo is in debt, it ought to be sold to private investors.
1. The city zoo is deeply in debt. And 2.anytime a zoo is in debt, it ought to be sold to private investors. 3. You know what follows from that, don't you?
3. The city zoo ought to be sold to private investors.
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Q2) Thomas should maintain a high fiber diet, and he should schedule a colonoscopy with his doctor. This is because he has a family history of colon cancer.
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Chapter 4: Detecting Fallacies
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Q1) Maybe Professor Burnes has argued that IQ is not that important in determining whether a person succeeds in his or her vocation, but this is clearly nonsense. I suspect that Professor Burnes doesn't have an IQ that's exactly off the charts.
A) begging the question
B) appeal to ignorance
C) appeal to illegitimate authority
D) ad hominem
E) strawman
F) red herring
G) no fallacy committed
Q2) Cell phones will probably replace the traditional phones throughout the world for they allow for access anywhere, not just at home. As a consequence, you would be wise to begin investing in cell phone manufacturers. At least, that's my advice.
Q3) The CEO of the new green energy firm that recently moved into town gave a talk at the Town Hall meeting where he argued that building green will actually save the city money in the long run. Yet, this can't be true. After all, he's just going to say what is in his company's best interest, isn't he?
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Chapter 5: Preparing to Evaluate Arguments
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Q1) What evaluative language should you use for inductive generalizations?
A) valid/invalid; cogent/uncogent
B) valid/invalid; sound/unsound
C) strong/weak; cogent/uncogent
D) strong/weak; sound/unsound
Q2) Our sales drive began losing steam two weeks ago. This is probably caused by the free prizes given by our competitor, because they initiated this particular free prize promotion at the beginning of last month.
A) categorical argument
B) truth-functional argument
C) analogical argument
D) inductive generalization
E) causal argument
Q3) What evaluative language should you use for causal arguments?
A) valid/invalid; cogent/uncogent
B) valid/invalid; sound/unsound
C) strong/weak; cogent/uncogent
D) strong/weak; sound/unsound
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Chapter 6: Evaluating Categorical Arguments
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Q1) Whenever the phone rings the dog barks.
Q2) Because Felicia is musical, she will be good at mathematics.
Q3) Not everyone who's tall plays basketball. This is because soccer players are tall, and not every soccer player is a basketball player.
Q4) The only path to success is through hard work.
Q5) It's likely that most people in Boise work out with weights at least twice a week. A survey of people leaving Gold's Gym showed that three-quarters of them work out with weights at least twice a week.
Q6) Only staff officers are majors. Consequently, since staff officers are never privates, a few privates aren't majors.
Q7) Not every six-year old knows how to tie his or her shoes.
Q8) Wherever you go I will follow.
Q9) Only students are allowed access to the recreation center.
Q10) All S are M.
No P are M.
All S are P.
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Q11) If you want to be a nursing major, then you must take an anatomy class.
Q12) Educated people have good manners, and no one who has good manners can be selfish.
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Chapter 7: Evaluating Truth-Functional Arguments
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Q1) If managers plan to give themselves a raise, then they will either raise the pay of the analysts or they will ask for more money from investors. Therefore, since they neither raised the pay of the analysts nor asked for more money from investors, managers must not be planning to give themselves a raise.
Q2) If superstring theory is proven correct, we will be forced to accept that the reality we have known is but a delicate chiffon draped over a thick and richly textured cosmic fabric. -Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos
Q3) The war on drugs will succeed in the 1990's if Prohibition succeeded in the 1920's. But Prohibition did not succeed in the 1920's. So, the war on drugs will not succeed in the 1990's.
Q4) If Egypt's elected leader is not both dictatorial and intolerant, then he is not obstructing democratic reforms. Due to the fact that he is not obstructing democratic reforms, Egypt's elected leader is not dictatorial.
Q5) How can you accuse the police chief of bias since he has never treated someone unfairly?
Q6) Susan is not going swimming. This is because if Susan goes swimming, then the tide must be going out, and the tide is not going out.
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Chapter 8: Evaluating Analogical Arguments
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Q1) Both physicians and school teachers can change people's entire lives. Given that teachers may be paid according to how well their students learn what is being taught, physicians may be paid according to how well their patients do after receiving treatment.
Q2) Both North Dakota and South Dakota see a lot of snow in the winter. Since there are a lot of ski clubs in North Dakota, there are probably a lot of ski clubs in South Dakota, too.
Q3) Start wearing your bicycle helmet! You would never consider riding in a car without a seatbelt, and riding a bicycle without a helmet is like riding in a car without a seatbelt. Both put your life a risk. Moreover, both are illegal.
Q4) The Crescent City School District has seen improved overall standardized test scores for Middle School students each year for the past five years. We thus have reason to believe, given the similarities between the Crescent City School District and the Windy City School District, that scores have improved in the Windy City School District as well.
Q5) Some people claim that stretching before exercising is a waste of time. I disagree. No one has proven that's true.
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Chapter 9: Evaluating Inductive Generalizations
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Q1) I've read four novels by Russian authors and each of them was intellectually challenging. This must mean that every Russian novel is intellectually challenging.
Q2) Which inductive generalization is stronger?
A) Wishing to discover whether audiences were likely to want to see her newest film, a movie producer invited a randomly selected group of 300 potential viewers of the movie. After screening a portion of the movie, she asked participants to fill out a survey ranking their likelihood of viewing the new movie. Only 1/3 of the viewers were positive about the film, so the producer concluded that it was not going to be a success.
B) Wishing to discover whether audiences were likely to want to see her newest film, a movie producer invited a randomly selected group of 100 potential viewers of the movie. After screening a portion of the movie, she asked participants to fill out a survey ranking their likelihood of viewing the new movie. Only 1/3 of the viewers were positive about the film, so the producer concluded that it was not going to be a success.
Q3) The food at Albertson's is really expensive. Yesterday my husband bought a small pack of pork chops and three baking potatoes, and it came to almost ten dollars.
Q4) I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.-Herb Caen
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Chapter 10: Evaluating Causal Arguments
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Q1) A study at UCLA suggests that searching online could be beneficial for the brain of older adults. The researchers studied 24 people between the ages of 55-78. The participants were divided into two groups: one that had minimal computer experience and another that was Web savvy. Members of the technologically advanced group had more than twice the neural activation than their less experienced counterparts while searching online. The only difference between the two groups was their technological experience. Thus, since online searching improved neural activity in the participants of this study, it is likely that online searching will improve neural activity for all older adults.-cnn.com
Q2) The peer educator program has been quite effective in reducing the rate of teen pregnancy in two Illinois high schools. This conclusion follows from the fact that the rate of teen pregnancy has fallen in both schools, and both have new peer educator programs.
Q3) Painting the Golden Gate Bridge is an ongoing job because the salt air from the ocean rusts and corrodes the steel components.-goldengatebridge.org
Q4) Three of the students in the residence hall had severe headaches last evening. The cause of the headaches must have been breathing paint fumes, since the only thing they had in common was that each of their rooms had been painted during the day.
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