Reasoning & Organization unit test
A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.
Straw man
Exemplification
Paragraph unity
Concession-refutation structure
Correlation vs causation
Line of reasoning vs list of points
Slippery slope
Paragraph as a unit of reasoning
Narrative as argument
Causal reasoning
Unstated assumption (warrant)
Introduction and conclusion strategies
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Transitions and coherence
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Ad hominem
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Chronological development
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: False dichotomy
3 ptsFree response
6 ptsARGUMENT ESSAY (Question 3, 6 points). In her 2009 keynote address for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, physician, engineer, and former astronaut Mae Jemison — the first African American woman in space — stated: "Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won't exist because you'll have already shut it out.... You can hear other people's wisdom, but you've got to re-evaluate the world for yourself." Write an essay that argues your position on the extent to which Jemison's claim about considering others' opinions is valid. In your response you should: present a defensible thesis; provide evidence to support your line of reasoning; explain how the evidence supports it; and use appropriate grammar and punctuation.