COMM 335 Practice
Exercises 8 McGaan
The following arguments contain claims and grounds. You must infer and write out the
warrant. Then create an appropriate
qualifier, reservation, and backing for the argument.
1. The patient's test results show her illness
is caused by a staph infection. Her
doctor should prescribe penicillin for her.
2. A substantial majority
of Americans favor banning expression that is offensive to one or another
religious group. Therefore, we should
enact such a ban without delay.
3. Since Lawrence University, one of our ACM
sister schools, offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Music, Monmouth
should too.
4. George W. Bush tends to stumble over his words
a lot. I think he has a speech
impediment
5. The government=s drug czar has pledged to use U.S. military forces inside the United States to police cities after natural disasters, in spite of the warnings that such action might be unconstitutional. I think we should not do it.
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