Showing posts with label Mar31 Arguments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mar31 Arguments. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2009
Mar31 Exercise (CRCB12 Arguments)
CRCB C12 Exercises
Exercise 12a pp.395
Read the following version of the fairy tale Cinderella and decide whether the statements that follow it are true, false, or questionable. Provide a reason for each of your answers. For the purpose of this exercise, accept each sentence of the fairy tale as fact and forget about the common version of it. Think about what information each sentence conveys before making judgments about the statements that follow. Afterward you will share your responses with other members of your class. Some will agree with you and some will disagree, and you will see how a harmless fairy tale can turn into an argument.
1. Cinderella had more than one stepsister.
T – Directly stated in the passage.
2. Cinderella’s natural mother was dead.
? – Not enough information provided.
3. The stepmother and stepsisters went to many social events.
? – Passage says that they went to ALL of the important events, it doesn’t say how many. There may have been very few.
4. Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters didn’t buy any beautiful clothes for Cinderella.
? – The passage didn’t directly state that they didn’t buy her beautiful clothes – she may have preferred to be trendy and wear rags.
5. A pumpkin can’t be turned into a gold-plated automobile.
F – The passage directly states that the pumpkin was turned into a gold-plated automobile.
6. The stepmother and stepsisters disliked Cinderella.
T – Directly stated in the passage.
7. Cinderella’s stepmother or stepsisters made Cinderella stay home when they went to the important social events.
? – Not enough information provided – the passage said that she had to stay home, but it didn’t say who made her.
8. The step mother and stepsisters offered to take Cinderella to the Prince’s Ball with them.
? – Not enough information provided.
9. Cinderella walked to the Prince’s Ball.
F – Directly stated that she rode to the ball.
10. Cinderella wanted to go to the Prince’s Ball.
? – Not enough information provided – she may have been pushed into going by the fairy godmother.
11. The stepmother and stepsisters left Cinderella home on the night of the Prince’s Ball.
T – Directly stated in the passage.
12. Cinderella rode to the Prince’s Ball in a carriage drawn by six white horses.
? – Not enough information provided.
13. Although the stepmother and stepsisters had beautiful clothes, they never bought clothes for themselves.
F – Directly stated that they bought themselves beautiful clothes.
14. The stepmother and stepsisters went only to social events that were important.
? – Not enough information provided. Although they went to all important social events, it didn’t say that they went to ONLY important events.
15. Cinderella’s fairy godmother was an evil in disguise.
? - Not enough information provided. Passage doesn’t tell us that she is or isn’t an evil witch in disguise.
Exercise 12a pp.395
Read the following version of the fairy tale Cinderella and decide whether the statements that follow it are true, false, or questionable. Provide a reason for each of your answers. For the purpose of this exercise, accept each sentence of the fairy tale as fact and forget about the common version of it. Think about what information each sentence conveys before making judgments about the statements that follow. Afterward you will share your responses with other members of your class. Some will agree with you and some will disagree, and you will see how a harmless fairy tale can turn into an argument.
1. Cinderella had more than one stepsister.
T – Directly stated in the passage.
2. Cinderella’s natural mother was dead.
? – Not enough information provided.
3. The stepmother and stepsisters went to many social events.
? – Passage says that they went to ALL of the important events, it doesn’t say how many. There may have been very few.
4. Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters didn’t buy any beautiful clothes for Cinderella.
? – The passage didn’t directly state that they didn’t buy her beautiful clothes – she may have preferred to be trendy and wear rags.
5. A pumpkin can’t be turned into a gold-plated automobile.
F – The passage directly states that the pumpkin was turned into a gold-plated automobile.
6. The stepmother and stepsisters disliked Cinderella.
T – Directly stated in the passage.
7. Cinderella’s stepmother or stepsisters made Cinderella stay home when they went to the important social events.
? – Not enough information provided – the passage said that she had to stay home, but it didn’t say who made her.
8. The step mother and stepsisters offered to take Cinderella to the Prince’s Ball with them.
? – Not enough information provided.
9. Cinderella walked to the Prince’s Ball.
F – Directly stated that she rode to the ball.
10. Cinderella wanted to go to the Prince’s Ball.
? – Not enough information provided – she may have been pushed into going by the fairy godmother.
11. The stepmother and stepsisters left Cinderella home on the night of the Prince’s Ball.
T – Directly stated in the passage.
12. Cinderella rode to the Prince’s Ball in a carriage drawn by six white horses.
? – Not enough information provided.
13. Although the stepmother and stepsisters had beautiful clothes, they never bought clothes for themselves.
F – Directly stated that they bought themselves beautiful clothes.
14. The stepmother and stepsisters went only to social events that were important.
? – Not enough information provided. Although they went to all important social events, it didn’t say that they went to ONLY important events.
15. Cinderella’s fairy godmother was an evil in disguise.
? - Not enough information provided. Passage doesn’t tell us that she is or isn’t an evil witch in disguise.
Mar31 Summary (CRCB12 Arguments)
CRCB C12 Summary
Recognizing arguments as you read lets you critically examine an author’s line of reason and one conclusion. One way to detect them is to look for an author’s conclusions and then track the reasons he or she used to reach them. Another way is to look for the argument word clues an author used to indicate when reasons are being presented and conclusions stated.
When you find an argument, you should break it down into its constituent parts so that you can determine whether it is well found and logical.
Arguments can be evaluated using specific criteria including deterging dependability fact from opinion, and detecting fallacies.
The two primary types of arguments are deductive and inductive .Deductive arguments have at least one premise that logically leads to a conclusion. Inductive argument begging with a series of specific observation and conclude with a generalization that logically flow from them. As they are observation, even well-constructed inductive arguments cannot be considered absolutely true. Author’s view should be actively questioned so that flaws in the presentation of information are not passively accepted. Begging able to detect and evaluate argument in book, and to create argument using book reading material, forces to analyze the logic of what read and help we present we own ideas
In arguments we come across deductive argument, inductive and evaluating arguments. A deductive argument is that the premise is to be undeniably true that the conclusion is also unquestionably true as well. In an inductive argument the premise is highly probable to be true as well as the conclusion. The main thing to understand between the two is probability as which you know is the absolute truth and what you know is high probable. In an argument you want to have a deductive stance because nothing can argue with one hundred percent fact.
Recognizing arguments as you read lets you critically examine an author’s line of reason and one conclusion. One way to detect them is to look for an author’s conclusions and then track the reasons he or she used to reach them. Another way is to look for the argument word clues an author used to indicate when reasons are being presented and conclusions stated.
When you find an argument, you should break it down into its constituent parts so that you can determine whether it is well found and logical.
Arguments can be evaluated using specific criteria including deterging dependability fact from opinion, and detecting fallacies.
The two primary types of arguments are deductive and inductive .Deductive arguments have at least one premise that logically leads to a conclusion. Inductive argument begging with a series of specific observation and conclude with a generalization that logically flow from them. As they are observation, even well-constructed inductive arguments cannot be considered absolutely true. Author’s view should be actively questioned so that flaws in the presentation of information are not passively accepted. Begging able to detect and evaluate argument in book, and to create argument using book reading material, forces to analyze the logic of what read and help we present we own ideas
In arguments we come across deductive argument, inductive and evaluating arguments. A deductive argument is that the premise is to be undeniably true that the conclusion is also unquestionably true as well. In an inductive argument the premise is highly probable to be true as well as the conclusion. The main thing to understand between the two is probability as which you know is the absolute truth and what you know is high probable. In an argument you want to have a deductive stance because nothing can argue with one hundred percent fact.
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