Instructions
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapter 4, 5
• Lesson
Instructions
The checkpoint quizzes are short assessments that will check your understanding of the terms
and concepts from the reading.
Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50
Briefly state how the text defines “claim.”
Question
Your Answer:1
pts
Refers to the statement that the maker of the argument is seeking to show to
be true or probably true.
Reread the section in the text entitled “Two Confusions to Avoid” in Chapter
Question
5. From 2
what pts
you read there, construct a definition of the term “argument” that
includes both what the term is, in the context of this chapter, and what it is
not.
Your Answer:
Argument is getting someone to logically understand your claim without
causing conflict. Argument is not yelling, or being disrespectful of ones claim.
Engaging in argument is having an open-mind and being respectful of one's
claim without being offended.
What questions does the text suggest we ask to distinguish conclusions and
Question 3
reasons?
Your pts
Answer:
What is the rationale?
What is the conclusion that the speaker is trying to
establish as true? What is the decision that the speaker is
trying to explain or justify?
Question 4
pts
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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapter 4, 5
• Lesson
Instructions
The checkpoint quizzes are short assessments that will check your understanding of the terms
and concepts from the reading.
Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50
Briefly state how the text defines “claim.”
Question
Your Answer:1
pts
Refers to the statement that the maker of the argument is seeking to show to
be true or probably true.
Reread the section in the text entitled “Two Confusions to Avoid” in Chapter
Question
5. From 2
what pts
you read there, construct a definition of the term “argument” that
includes both what the term is, in the context of this chapter, and what it is
not.
Your Answer:
Argument is getting someone to logically understand your claim without
causing conflict. Argument is not yelling, or being disrespectful of ones claim.
Engaging in argument is having an open-mind and being respectful of one's
claim without being offended.
What questions does the text suggest we ask to distinguish conclusions and
Question 3
reasons?
Your pts
Answer:
What is the rationale?
What is the conclusion that the speaker is trying to
establish as true? What is the decision that the speaker is
trying to explain or justify?
Question 4
pts
This study source was downloaded by 100000861168648 from CourseHero.com on 03-06-2023 23:45:56 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/58257018/CR-WEEK2-CHECKPOINT-QUIZdocx/
