5 Written Questions

1. acting as a stimulus or incitement, especially to anger, resentment, irritation or sexual desire
2. insignificant or flimsy; used to describe another person's argument (or your own, if it lacks substantiating evidence or is marked by questionable assertions)
3. causing a good result; advantageous (notice that the "bene" syllable is used in other words such as "benefactor" and "benevolence" with the same positive meaning)
4. disputaable, arguable, describing a matter about which there is strong and often public disagreement
5. to assert or maintain or argue earnestly

5 Matching Questions

1. emotive
2. contradict
3. fallacy
4. viewpoint
5. connotation

1. a to affirm the opposite of a proposition or statement; to declare a proposition or statement to be false or incorrect
2. b tending to arouse emotion or designed to do so
3. c incorrect or misleading notion or opinion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning
4. d the mental attitude that determines a person's opinions or judgements
5. e an association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. not strong or substantial, thin; can be used to describe another's argument (hopefully not your own)
   1. fallacy
   2. flimsy
   3. surmise
   4. refute
2. the formation of conclusions from incorrect evidence, guess (noun); to infer or arrive at an opinion, conclusion, etc. from incomplete evidence; similar to surmise
   1. conjecture
   2. contend
   3. contradict
   4. inference
3. a clarification or explanation of the meaning of something; a construction of the significance or intention of something
   1. inference
   2. connotation
   3. interpretation
   4. justification
4. in spite of that, however, yet
   1. nebulous
   2. refute
   3. nevertheless
   4. detrimental
5. lacking definite form, shape or content; vague or amorphous; may be used to describe reasoning or reasons
   1. nebulous
   2. debunk
   3. tenuous
   4. refute

5 True/False Questions

1. detrimental → disputaable, arguable, describing a matter about which there is strong and often public disagreement

   True        False

2. therefore → to prove a statement, theory, etc. to be false or incorrect; disprove

   True        False

3. surmise → to infer something from incomplete or uncertain evidence (verb); an idea inferred from inconclusive evidence (noun)

   True        False

4. presume → to prove a statement, theory, etc. to be false or incorrect; disprove

   True        False

5. refute → to take something for granted; assume

   True        False