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For the best results you should always complete an outline of your essay before you complete the first draft. A) B)
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According to the text anything beyond three or four revisions to an essay are generally not worthwhile. A) True

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An ambiguous claim is one that can be assigned more than one meaning and whose specific meaning in the context given is not clear. A) True

False B) Feedback: Does "She went down to the bank" inform us that she's at the edge of the river or that she's at a financial institution? Only the context will tell.
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Moving from a conclusion about a group of entities to a claim about the individuals in the group is known as which of the following fallacies? A) The fallacy of composition

The fallacy of division B) Feedback: Think about the property "wetness." In saying that water is wet we mean that the whole group of water molecules collectively is wet. It is not true that individual water molecules are wet! To suppose that they are because the whole is wet is to commit the fallacy of division. Most instances of this fallacy aren't as blatantly obvious as the water example.
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Moving from a conclusion about the individuals in a group to a claim about the group as a whole is know as which of the following fallacies?

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The fallacy of division

The fallacy of composition B) Feedback: Most prejudicial claims commit this fallacy. It doesn't follow that if one person of a particular race, gender, nationality, etc. has a certain characteristic (is lazy, is a terrorist, is a good dancer, etc.) that all persons of that particular race, gender, etc. have that characteristic.
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A vague claim is one whose meaning is indistinct or imprecise. True

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