To Make an Effective Argument, You Must

question 16

Multiple Choice

To make an effective argument, you must

• A) provide evidence to support your claim.
• B) focus on appealing to the audience's emotions.
• C) intimidate the audience by speaking loudly.
• D) base your position on an appeal to traditional values.

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Definitions:

Surface Structure

In linguistics, the outward form of a sentence, which can vary without changing the core meaning.

Deep Structure

A concept in linguistics, referring to the underlying syntactic structure or meaning of a sentence, as opposed to its surface structure.

Transformational Grammar

A linguistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky that describes how deep structures of language are transformed into surface structures.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, the underlying syntactic structure or meaning of a sentence, as opposed to its surface form.