Which Step in Refuting an Argument Would Be Characterized by a Statement

question 84

Multiple Choice

Which step in refuting an argument would be characterized by a statement such as "I don't support the increase in student activity fees for two reasons: the college just raised tuition 5 percent and the poor economy has stressed many students and their parents to the limit"?

• A)Assess the reasoning
• B)State the opposing claim
• C)Assess the evidence
• D)Listen to the argument
• E)Preview your objections

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Definitions:

New Deal

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States during the 1930s, designed to help the country recover from the Great Depression.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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New Deal

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States during the 1930s to counteract the effects of the Great Depression.