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English help, just checking my answers pt 3 final?

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8: The elements of inductive reasoning include

sensory observation and inferencing

enumeration and pattern recognition

analogous reasoning and causal reasoning

all of the above

9: Inspector (to one man who said he was alone in the hotel): I noticed the table is set for four. Man: That’s nothing. My alarm clock’s set for eight. [from A Night at the Opera; Marx Brothers] The man’s comment, if not in a fictional setting and funny, could best be considered to belong in the following catergory:

trickery with language

trickery with emotions

trickery by distraction

trickery by time alteration

10: Jerry Lewis plays a temporary ship commander in "Don’t Give up the Ship!" He says to his men, "I want a tight ship. For a tight ship is a happy ship. And a happy ship is a tight ship." This is a funny example of

circular reasoning.

sloppy talking.

two wrongs make a right.

no fallacy we know of

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  1. 8. all of the above: you're using a single observation or series of observations to deduce a hypothetical truth or pattern

    9. trickery with language. In this case, the word "set" is the trick

    10 circular reasoning- the argument turns out to be based on itself


  2. Do your own lessons. Thanks for the 2 points; this is too easy.

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