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Tracking Arguments & Rhetoric

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Tracking Arguments & Rhetoric

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📚 Part 1: Identifying Arguments & Fallacies

Read the excerpt from "Reality TV and Society" and answer the following questions.

1. Which type of reasoning is used when the author says "People without talent or hard work can become rich and famous by behaving badly"?

Appeal to logic

Appeal to emotion

Appeal to popularity

False cause fallacy

2. What rhetorical device does the author use in the statement "...marrying someone you've never met or even seen is totally believable, right?"

Hyperbole

Irony

Personification

Simile

3. Which statement best identifies a fallacy in the passage?

It uses false cause fallacy to suggest behavior leads to success

It appeals to ethos through citing credible sources

It argues logically with statistics

It uses facts to support claims

4. Check all types of reasoning you can identify in the passage:

Appeal to emotion

Appeal to popularity

Logical reasoning with evidence

False cause fallacy

📝 Part 2: Context Clues & Vocabulary

5. Select the best definition of "exploit" as used in paragraph 5:

To improve fully

To make use of selfishly

To praise highly

To hide carefully

6. Using context clues from the passage, write the meaning of these vocabulary words:

Degeneration: _________________________________________________

Contempt: ___________________________________________________

Addiction: ____________________________________________________

7. Choose the word that has a negative connotation in the context of the passage:

Famous

Popular

Notorious

Well-known

✏️ Part 3: Analyzing Rhetorical Effectiveness

8. How does the rhetorical question contribute to the author's tone and argument? Explain in 2-3 sentences with evidence from the text.
9. Identify one example of irony in the passage and explain its purpose in supporting the author's argument.
10. Write the main claim of the author's argument and one piece of evidence that supports it:

Main Claim: ________________________________________________

Supporting Evidence: __________________________________________

11. In your opinion, which reasoning type used by the author is most effective? Explain why in 3-4 sentences.
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