What kind(s) of identification are at work in the following statement by Josh Boyd: The review session is the night before the exam to help prevent any confusion or uncertainty heading into the midterm.

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What kind(s) of identification are at work in the following statement by Josh Boyd: The review session is the night before the exam to help prevent any confusion or uncertainty heading into the midterm.





a. Association
b. Dissociation
c. Transcendent "we"
d. Dissociation AND transcendent "we"
e. Association AND transcendent "we"







Answer: B

After the removal of Vioxx (a pain reliever linked to heart attacks) from the market, some people began wondering if any strange feeling after taking any other pain reliever might be a dangerous side effect of the pain reliever. Because other such drug side effects have not been supported by research, these attributions are probably committing which fallacy?

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After the removal of Vioxx (a pain reliever linked to heart attacks) from the market, some people began wondering if any strange feeling after taking any other pain reliever might be a dangerous side effect of the pain reliever. Because other such drug side effects have not been supported by research, these attributions are probably committing which fallacy?





a. Pooh-poohing
b. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
c. Ad hoc
d. Selected instances
e. Red herring







Answer: B

Which of the following is the best critical claim about the text defined as Miller Park in Milwaukee (named by the Miller Brewing Company)?

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Which of the following is the best critical claim about the text defined as Miller Park in Milwaukee (named by the Miller Brewing Company)?





a. Miller Park opened in Milwaukee in 2001.
b. Miller Park, in its very name, implies that the city of Milwaukee has a close and symbiotic relationship with beer brewing.
c. Miller Park is the result of a $40 million deal between the Milwaukee Brewers and Miller Brewing Company.
d. Though Miller Park today hosts the Milwaukee Brewers of baseball's American League, the Milwaukee Brewers used to be a National League team.







Answer: B

Cooperstown may have to wait a little while for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens to arrive. (Note: Cooperstown, New York, is the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are record-setting baseball players who are both suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs.) The word in bold is best described as an example of:

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Cooperstown may have to wait a little while for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens to arrive. (Note: Cooperstown, New York, is the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are record-setting baseball players who are both suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs.) The word in bold is best described as an example of:





a. chiasmus
b. metonymy
c. metaphor
d. enthymeme
e. assonance







Answer: B

Identify the option most appropriately labeled a "critical claim":

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Identify the option most appropriately labeled a "critical claim":




A. The presidential dollar coin is gold in color.
B. The presidential dollar coin is no longer made for circulation.
C. The presidential dollar coin reinforces the idea that only men can be presidents.
D. The presidential dollar coin is produced simultaneously with the Sacajawea dollar.
E. The presidential dollar coin hasn't replaced the paper dollar in circulation.








Answer: C

Of the following options, which best describes what the term "rhetorical" can be applied to?

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Of the following options, which best describes what the term "rhetorical" can be applied to?





a. Anything that uses symbols
b. Anything that uses symbols for a particular purpose with a particular audience
c. Anything that is a communication artifact that can be studied
d. Anything that is able to be interpreted
e. Anything that uses language to send a message









Answer: B
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