These three powers divide government at the basic level in America (as well as other democracies)
What are the judicial, the executive and legislative branches?
100
The idea that America is better than any other country in the world
What is exceptionalism?
100
An appeal to emotion
What is pathos?
100
In Toulmin's model, arguments can be analyzed into these individual parts
What are claim, evidence and warrant?
100
This guy is now the president-elect in America, great guy by the way, tremendous.
Who is The Don?
200
This document provides the basic legal framework in America
What is the Constitution?
200
Many Americans view professional politicians with this attituide
What is skepticism?
200
An appeal to reason
What is logos?
200
The conclusion of the argument and the data provided to support this conclusion are called this
What is claim and evidence?
200
This person failed to win the election despite having won the popular vote
Who is Hillary Clinton?
300
The Senate and The House of Representatives are collectively know under this name
What is the U.S. Congress?
300
Many Americans view the second amendment (the right to bear arms) as fundamental to this politcal value
What is individual liberty/freedom?
300
The credibility of the speaker relative to his audience
What is ethos?
300
The warrants serves this function in an argument
What is connecting the claim and evidence via a tacit premise?
300
This person is the next VP of the US
Who is Mike Pence?
400
American presidents are not elected directly by popular vote. Instead, they are elected by these guys.
What are electors?
400
These two political parties are associated with conservatism and liberalism respectively
What are the Democrats the Republicans?
400
The reason that students who perform rhetorical analysis should not comment on their own personal feelings about the speaker
What is the fact that the different modes of persuasions are evaluated in relation to the speaker's audience!?
400
This fallacy consists in attacking the sender of the argument rather than the argument itself
What is ad hominem?
400
This person ran as a self-proclaimed socialist during the election. His supporters would often talk about "feeling the Bern".
Who is Bernie Sanders?
500
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known collectively under this name
What is The Bill of Rights?
500
The military and politcal leaders who fought for American independence from Great Britain and wrote the Declaration of Independence are know under this name
What is "The Founding Fathers"?
500
Ethos can be subdivided into these to categories
What are intrinsic and extrinsic ethos?
500
This fallacy consists in appealing to lack of knowledge as evidence for something
What is the argument from ignorance?
500
An investigation is currently being planned to determine if and how Donald Trump's campaign worked with government-sponsored hackers from this country