English 103 - Composition and Critical Thinking » Fall 2020 » Reading Strategies: Analyzing the Argument Quiz

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Question #1
An argument consists of _______.
A.   a plausible fallacy and the author’s line of reasoning that disputes it
B.   a claim that the author supports with reasons and evidence
C.   the author’s personal thoughts and feelings
D.   a misconception and the author’s opinions about why it exists
Question #2
Arguments that involve faulty reasoning are known as _______.
A.   biases
B.   irrelevant points
C.   assumptions
D.   fallacies
Question #3
Directions: For the following question, use this excerpt from Alex Weiss’s essay "Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?," which appeared in Slate. The Dutch Supreme Court . . . convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that doesn’t exist . . . while playing . . . [an] online video game. . . . The defendant’s attorney argued that the stolen amulet and shield "were neither tangible nor material and . . . had no economic value." The court, however, disagreed, ruling that the time the 13-year-old victim spent in the game trying to earn the objects gave them value. In the court’s argument, the claim is that _______.
A.   objects can’t be stolen from a video game because they have no economic value
B.   a teenage gamer was guilty of the virtual theft of two objects from a video game
C.   while objects in video games may be virtual, they are not without value
D.   teenagers are stealing from video-game makers
Question #4
Directions: For the following question, use this excerpt from Alex Weiss’s essay "Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?," which appeared in Slate. The Dutch Supreme Court . . . convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that doesn’t exist . . . while playing [an] online video game. . . . The defendant’s attorney argued that the stolen amulet and shield "were neither tangible nor material and . . . had no economic value." The court, however, disagreed, ruling that the time the 13-year-old victim spent in the game trying to earn the objects gave them value. The court’s reason for the claim is that _______.
A.   video games have a massive amount of online players who are trying to "steal" objects in order to win
B.   the time spent earning objects in a video game gives them value
C.   virtual objects in a video game are neither tangible nor material
D.   virtual objects in a video game have no worth, unlike electricity
Question #5
While analyzing an argument, you should do all of the following EXCEPT
A.   decide what you think about the ideas in the text and why.
B.   determine whether or not the issue is worthy of controversy.
C.   identify all of the assertions the author makes in the text.
D.   consider the evidence the author provides to support the thesis.

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