For the Week ending 11/20/09
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason; marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than the issues involved.
"Debaters should avoid ad _______ arguments that question their opponents' motives." |
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deductive; derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions; presupposed by experience
To conclude that we should treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves, would seem logical, _______. |
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let the buyer beware; he buys at his own risk
When shopping on eBay, one should use principles of _______…and if it seems too good to be true, it is. |
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"From the chair. With authority (without argumentation)"
Speaking _______, George Bernard Shaw said, "all great truths begin as blasphemies." |
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From the library (of)
Many people paste an _______ sticker with their name, in hopes that those to whom they lend them will bring them back. |