Supporting Claims Means

question 7

Multiple Choice

Supporting claims means:

• A)quoting statements made by very famous people.
• B)showing sincere conviction that your claim is true.
• C)providing evidence for each claim you make in your speech.
• D)providing evidence for the claims that are likely to be disputed.
• E)using popularly shared knowledge as support.

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Definitions:

Unstated Premise

An implicit assumption or premise that is not explicitly mentioned but is required for an argument to hold.

Disjunctive Premise

A type of logical statement that presents two or more options in such a way that if one is true, the others must be false.

Negative Proposition

A statement or assertion that denies something, especially a predicate of a subject.

Disjunctive Syllogism

A form of logical argument where, from two alternatives, the denial of one implies the affirmation of the other.