Norse Mythology
Beowulf
Rhetoric
Valid Arguments
Sound Arguments
100

Which body part is Tyr missing?

What is his right hand?

100

Whose name means The Destroyer?

Who is Grendal

100

What term is used for an argument based in reason and logic? 

What is Logos?

100

True or False: For an argument to be valid, it must be true.

What is False. 

100

How many of the premises have to be true in order for an argument to be sound? 

What is All of them.

200

Who rules the world where cowards go when they die??

Who is Hel

200

True or False: Beowulf was a Dane

What is False

200

True or False: If I am using Ethos in my argument, I am convincing someone of something based on emotions. 

What is False

200

Is this argument valid? 

"Goats are amazing escape artists.

We are getting a goat today. 

Therefore, our goat will probably try to escape"

What is valid. 

200

True or False: A sound argument must also be a valid argument.

What is True

300

How often does Draupnir reproduce?

What is Every Nine Days

300

What is Heorot?

Great mead hall of the Danes

300

What kind of argument is based on Pathos? 

What is an argument from emotion?

300

Is this valid? 

"All mice are left handed"

"My dog is left handed"

"Therefore, my dog is a mouse"

What is invalid

300

Is this argument sound? 

Mice are rodents. 

My nephew Humphrey is a giant mouse.

Therefore, my nephew is a rodent.

Unsound

400

How do the Gods travel between worlds?

What is The Bifrost

400

What language was Beowulf written down in?

What is Anglo Saxon

400

What rhetorical strategy is this argument using? 

"Given my reputation as one of the foremost heart surgeons in the country, you should believe me when I tell you to stop eating glue before it kills you."

What is Ethos?

400

Is this argument valid? 

Trees lose their leaves in the fall. 

Therefore, trees lose their leaves in the fall.

What is valid.

400

Is this argument sound? 

Most of the boys at CCS play sports.

Hedly is a boy who goes to CCS. 

So Hedly plays sports. 

Unsound

500

What is Kvasir born of?

What is Spit

500

What kind of genre is Beowulf?

What is An Epic Poem

500

What kind of rhetorical strategy is this argument employing? 

"If you keep spending all your money, you will go broke, and if you go broke, you won't be able to afford to leave home. So you'd better start saving some money or you'll live with your parents forever!"

What is Logos?

500

Is this argument valid? 

Anyone born in Edinburgh was born in Scotland. 

My son was born in Edinburgh.

Therefore, my son was born in Scotland.

What is valid.

500

Is this argument sound or unsound? 

Everytime I drink an energy drink the tiny bubbles tickle my nose and it makes me sneeze. 

I'm sneezing right now. 

So, I must be drinking an energy drink. 

What is unsound. 

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