ENGL 216 QUIZ 4 COMPREHENSIVE QUIZ
PAPER 2026 SOLUTIONS FULLY CORRECT
◉ Toulmin argument. Answer: logical progression from data to claim
based on warrant (underlying assumption)
-has backing
◉ backing. Answer: warrant/ independent support or justification
(a law or regulated or widely accepted value)
◉ inductive leap Answer: the use of evidence to form a
generalization
◉ inductive reasoning Answer: discovering evidence, interpreting it,
and arriving at conclusions
◉ deductive reasoning Answer: apply generalized beliefs to a series
of specific cases
◉ major premise Answer: a generalized premise that is assumed to
be true (deductive)
◉ minor premise Answer: a specific case (deductive)
, ◉ enthymeme Answer: an unstated premise (deductive)
◉ fallacy Answer: a deceptive or misleading argument
◉ rhetorical fallacies Answer: errors in logic, weaken an argument
as well as the writer's ethos
-fallacies signals you are not completely trustworthy
◉ nonsequitur Answer: attempts to make connection where none
actually exist
◉ ad hominem Answer: refers to a personal attack that draws
attention away from the issue
◉ appeal to tradition Answer: argues that because things have been
done a certain way, they should continue that way
◉ bandwagon Answer: argues that everyone is doing, saying, or
thinking something, so you should too
◉ false analogy Answer: assumes that because two things were alike
in some ways they are alike in other ways as well
PAPER 2026 SOLUTIONS FULLY CORRECT
◉ Toulmin argument. Answer: logical progression from data to claim
based on warrant (underlying assumption)
-has backing
◉ backing. Answer: warrant/ independent support or justification
(a law or regulated or widely accepted value)
◉ inductive leap Answer: the use of evidence to form a
generalization
◉ inductive reasoning Answer: discovering evidence, interpreting it,
and arriving at conclusions
◉ deductive reasoning Answer: apply generalized beliefs to a series
of specific cases
◉ major premise Answer: a generalized premise that is assumed to
be true (deductive)
◉ minor premise Answer: a specific case (deductive)
, ◉ enthymeme Answer: an unstated premise (deductive)
◉ fallacy Answer: a deceptive or misleading argument
◉ rhetorical fallacies Answer: errors in logic, weaken an argument
as well as the writer's ethos
-fallacies signals you are not completely trustworthy
◉ nonsequitur Answer: attempts to make connection where none
actually exist
◉ ad hominem Answer: refers to a personal attack that draws
attention away from the issue
◉ appeal to tradition Answer: argues that because things have been
done a certain way, they should continue that way
◉ bandwagon Answer: argues that everyone is doing, saying, or
thinking something, so you should too
◉ false analogy Answer: assumes that because two things were alike
in some ways they are alike in other ways as well
