Reading Strategies: Analyzing the Argument Quiz

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Question #1

While analyzing an argument, you should do all of the following EXCEPT

A consider the evidence the author provides to support the thesis.

B decide what you think about the ideas in the text and why.

C determine whether or not the issue is worthy of controversy.

D identify all of the assertions the author makes in the text.

Question #2

Directions: For the following question, use this excerpt from Alex Weiss’s essay “Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?,” which appeared in Slate.

The Dutch Supreme Court . . . convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that doesn’t exist . . . while playing [an] online video game. . . . The defendant’s attorney argued that the stolen amulet and shield “were neither tangible nor material and . . . had no economic value.” The court, however, disagreed, ruling that the time the 13-year-old victim spent in the game trying to earn the objects gave them value.

The court’s reason for the claim is that _______.

A virtual objects in a video game have no worth, unlike electricity

B video games have a massive amount of online players who are trying to “steal” objects in order to win

C virtual objects in a video game are neither tangible nor material

D the time spent earning objects in a video game gives them value

Question #3

Directions: For the following question, use this excerpt from Alex Weiss’s essay “Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?,” which appeared in Slate.

The Dutch Supreme Court . . . convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that doesn’t exist . . . while playing . . . [an] online video game. . . . The defendant’s attorney argued that the stolen amulet and shield “were neither tangible nor material and . . . had no economic value.” The court, however, disagreed, ruling that the time the 13-year-old victim spent in the game trying to earn the objects gave them value.

In the court’s argument, the claim is that _______.

A objects can’t be stolen from a video game because they have no economic value

B teenagers are stealing from video-game makers

C while objects in video games may be virtual, they are not without value

D a teenage gamer was guilty of the virtual theft of two objects from a video game

Question #4

Arguments that involve faulty reasoning are known as _______.

A biases

B assumptions

C fallacies

D irrelevant points

Question #5