Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Prof B
100

What are the 5 elements of any argument?

What are claim, reasons, evidence, acknowledgement/response, and warrant?

100

What are the two broad topics of claims?

What is conceptual and practical?

100

Who is the last person in the chain of credibility?

Who is the researcher?

100

When is Prof B's favorite class?

What is this one, not 11 AM?

200

Why must researchers care about the ethos they project?

What is because the ethos you project in individual arguments hardens into your reputation, which is the 6th element in every argument you write?
200

What is one category of claims?

What is fact, definition, cause/effect, evaluation, or action?

200

What can help you visualize your argument?

What is a storyboard?

200

When is Prof B's birthday?

What is August 4th?

300

What two things are used to back up your main claim?

What are reasons and evidence?

300

What is an example of something you can begin your claim with?

What is "although" or "even though"?

300

When do you know that you've reached the "bedrock of uncontested evidence"?

What is when the reader stops asking questions about how valid your evidence is?

300

What is the worst shoe to exist?

What are crocs?

400
What is one thing the reader must agree with for a warrant's logic to work?

What is

  • the warrant is true/reasonable
  • the reason is true/reasonable
  • the specific situation in the reason is a plausible instance of the general circumstance in the warrant (good instance of this)
  • the consequence in the claim is a plausible instance of the general consequence in the warrant
400

What is a hedge?

What are words that suggest a claim is not absolutely true and there is room for error or doubt?

ex) "suggest" or "most likely"

400
What is one question you should ask about the evidence you are using?

What is "is it sufficient and representative, reported accurately and precisely, and taken from an authoritative source"?

400

Last we checked, how many books has Prof B read so far in 2022?

What is 54-56?

500

When is it necessary to state a warrant?

What is when they think readers in their field might ask how a reason is relevant to a claim or when they are explaining their fields' ways of reasons to general readers?

500

How can you check if your claim is significant?

What is change the claim to argue the opposite and see if it still makes sense?

500

What can help you understand what counts as reliable?

What is reading over failed arguments?

500

When is Prof B's dating anniversary?

What is Valentine's Day?