In Your Speech to High School Students, You Explain How

question 13

Multiple Choice

In your speech to high school students, you explain how you have seen people do stupid things at parties as a result of drinking. You've witnessed how drunken people put themselves at risk, and you've heard of people's reputations being ruined because of alcohol-related incidents. Because of your experiences, you want to urge your listeners to avoid drinking in social situations, so they will not suffer similar consequences. What form of reasoning have you used in this speech?

• A) deductive
• B) inductive
• C) causal
• D) syllogistic

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Definitions:

Rising Mantle

The ascent of mantle material towards the Earth's surface, potentially leading to volcanic activity where the crust is thin.

Descending Plate

A section of the earth's crust that moves downward into the mantle beneath another plate, often responsible for volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Eruptions

Violent expulsions of materials from a volcano or geothermal vent, including lava, ash, and gases.

Accretionary Prism

A prism- or wedge-shaped, structurally complex zone of faults, folds, and mostly metamorphosed rocks that form along the upper parts of a subduction zone; material derived from sediment contributed by adjacent volcanoes or a continent, along with oceanic crust scraped off the downgoing slab.