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.
Comparison and contrast development
Placement of the thesis
Problem-solution development
Concession-refutation structure
Post hoc fallacy
Conclusion strategies
Transitions and coherence
Hasty generalization
Transitions that carry logic
Cause and effect development
Causal reasoning
Definition-driven organization
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Ad hominem
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Classification and division
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Correlation vs causation
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: Appeal to authority
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.