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Communication and Rhetoric, All Topics
Year 2
Argument discussion
Read the Article “Controlling Irrational Fears After 9/11” on pp. 456-458 of Appendix 1.
• Identify at least two arguments in the article. Outline the premises and conclusions of
each argument you find. Then, answer the following questions for each argument,
making sure to explain how you arrived at your answers.
o Do the premises sufficiently support the conclusions?
o Are the arguments either deductively valid or inductively strong, or are they invalid or
weak?
o Are the premises true or plausibly true, or are they difficult to prove?
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Argument Evaluation - Read the article “Controlling Irrational Fears After 9/11” on pp. 456-458 of Appendix 1.
Identify at least two arguments in the article. Outline the premises and conclusions of
each argument you find. Then, answer the following questions for each argument,
making sure to explain how you arrived at your answers.
o Do the premises sufficientl...
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fit any category I've described.
Slippery Slope
Begging the question
False dilemma
Ad hominem
Burden of proof
Straw man
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