Recommended Practice - Recognizing Arguments Handout Answer Key - Week #02
When doing Handout examples the hope is that your skills are improving and you can do multiple examples before reviewing the answer key.
Here is the answer key to this week's Handout examples.
- Conclusion= Dogs make better pets than cats
Premise= Dogs are friendlier than cats - Conclusion= Dogs make better pets than cats
Premise= Dogs are friendlier than cats - Conclusion= It’s better to have a cat than a dog
Premise= It’s better to have a pet that isn’t needy
Premise= Dogs are needy - Conclusion= Cats just are better pets than dogs
Premise= Cats are less needy than dogs
Premise= Cats are cleaner than dogs
Premise= So long as one interacts with them daily, cats are just as friendly as dogs
Premise= Cats are more predictable around children and strangers - Conclusion= You should get an African Grey parrot
Premise= African Grey parrots talk a lot - Conclusion= You should get an African Grey parrot
Premise= African Grey parrots talk a lot - Conclusion= You should get an African Grey parrot
Premise= African Grey parrots talk a lot - Conclusion= You should just get fish
Premise= It's easy to take care of fish - Conclusion= They got a possum
Premise= They said Harriet picked their pet - Conclusion= They’re not planning to get a cat
Premise= If they’re planning to get a cat, they won’t be planning to get a dog
Premise= They are planning to get a dog - Conclusion= We should get some mango ice cream
Premise= Mango ice cream is a family tradition - Conclusion= You should get mango ice cream
Premise= You've never tried mango ice cream - Conclusion= You shouldn't combine mint ice cream and mango ice cream
Premise= No one thinks you should combine mint ice cream and mango ice cream - Conclusion= There isn't anything wrong with combining strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream
Premise= Combining strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream is not as bad as combining cinnamon ice cream and peanut butter ice cream - Conclusion= There isn't anything wrong with combining cinnamon ice cream and peanut butter ice cream
Premise= It's not as bad as combining strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream - Conclusion= We should go to Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream
Premise= Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream is closer than Mitchell's Ice Cream - Conclusion= We should go to Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream
Premise= We haven't been there in a year - Conclusion= We should go to Mitchell's Ice Cream
Premise= We've never gone to Mitchell's Ice Cream - Conclusion= We should go to Mitchell's Ice Cream
Premise= We've never gone to Mitchell's Ice Cream
Premise= Mitchell's Ice Cream has the best ice cream in the state - Conclusion= We should just get ice cream at Safeway
Premise= Safeway has a sale - Conclusion= You should rent the newest Spiderman movie.
Premise= Everyone likes Spiderman. - Conclusion= You should rent A Christmas Story
Premise= A Christmas Story is a great movie - Conclusion= You should rent the extended version of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a lot better than the original version rather than the original version
Premise= The extended version of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a lot better than the original version - Conclusion= Sean Penn was a great actor
Premise= If Sean Penn was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, then he was a great actor
Premise= Sean Penn was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Conclusion= The opening scene in Saving Private Ryan is a great battle scene
Premise= The opening scene in Saving Private Ryan is so realistic that a lot of World War II veterans cried when they saw it
Premise= The key to a great battle scene is portraying it in a way that’s realistic - Conclusion= El Crimen del Padre Amaro should have got an Oscar
Premise= El Crimen del Padre Amaro portrays very complex social issues in a way that helps us recognize the human dramas behind them - Conclusion= the only reason Juan goes to a movie is to see an action movie
Premise= The last movie he saw was Ironman 3 - Conclusion= The only reason Juan goes to a movie is to see action
Premise= Juan has never seen a drama or comedy and he says he never will - Conclusion= We should watch it tonight.
Premise= We haven't seen Silence of the Lambs in a few years - Conclusion= We should watch Silence of the Lambs tonight
Premise= Silence of the Lambs is the only movie both of us like - Conclusion= Alan Shepard was not the first American in space
Premise= It was John Glenn - Conclusion= Ham the Chimp was the first American in space
Premise= Ham the Chimp was before Alan Shepard - Conclusion= John Glenn must have been the first astronaut to orbit the earth
Premise= Neither Alan Shepard nor Ham orbited the earth - Conclusion= John Glenn couldn’t have been the first person to orbit the earth
Premise= John Glenn’s flight was on February 20, 1962
Premise= The Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin did it on April 12, 1961 - Conclusion= In 1963 cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky prematurely re-entered the earth’s atmosphere because of solar flares.
Premise= He returned only after the solar flares. - Conclusion= N.A.S.A. was smart when they selected Neil Armstrong to be the first astronaut to walk on the moon
Premise= During his 1966 Gemini 8 spaceflight he demonstrated he could calmly handle a life-threatening emergency - Conclusion= Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders were the first astronauts to go to the moon
Premise= Their Apollo 8 flight was the first to reach and orbit the moon - Conclusion= The USA won't send an astronaut to Mars for at least 50 years because no other country is trying to do it.
Premise= It is expensive. - Conclusion= The USA should send an astronaut to Mars
Premise= Space exploration forces us to rethink our place in the universe - Conclusion= Humans should continue space exploration
Premise= Space exploration also forces us to recognize the fragility of life - Conclusion= If the Neolithic Revolution was 12,000 years ago, that definitely predates the Bronze Age
Premise= The Bronze Age was about six thousand years ago - Conclusion= The Neolithic Revolution predates the Bronze Age
Premise= The first Bronze Age was in the Near East, and that was 5300 years ago
Premise= The Neolithic Revolution was 12,000 years ago - Conclusion= I should learn more about ancient history
Premise= It's fascinating to realize how our own cultural practices came to be - Conclusion= The next time I teach Ancient Philosophy I should create an online activity for students to learn about Heron of Alexandria
Premise= Heron became a highly regarded engineer and inventor who was influenced by the Greek Atomists
Premise= Heron attempted demonstrate that matter was enough to explain self-movement, what they called automation - Conclusion= It would be good to discuss Heron
Premise= Folks still are attempting Heron's project
Premise= Heron's project gives our contemporary efforts historical context - Conclusion= You're ready to take the quiz
Premise= You got only one Handout example wrong. - Conclusion= You're ready to take the quiz.
Premise= You understand all of the examples you missed. - Conclusion= You should wait until tomorrow to take the quiz
Premise= You've been studying for two hours. - Conclusion= You need to review this week's reading.
Premise= You had to guess on half of the Handout examples. - Conclusion= You should ask the teacher some questions before you take the quiz.
Premise= You want to get a good grade.