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Discussion Questions
Chapter Three
1.
In “Burn, Baby, Burn” by Jay Rubin, please quote his claim of value.
“I attended Burning Man ‘99. Without a doubt, it was the most awesome, ineffable, mind-boggling experience ever.” 2.
In “The Mistake of the Millennium” by Paul O’Brien, please quote his claim of fact.
“the new millennium will not start until one year later, midnight, January 1, 2001.”
3.
In “We Make Money by Making You Feel Ugly” by Estelle Hartson, please quote her claim of policy. “it should be mandated that beauty magazines adorn each page featuring the doctored image of a woman with the following Editor-in-Chief’s warning: THE IMAGE OF THE WOMAN ON THIS PAGE HAS UNDERGONE MASSIVE AIRBRUSHING AND RESTRUCTURING (GRAPHICALLY AND/OR SURGICALLY). IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LOOK LIKE THIS.”
Discussion Questions Identifying Types of Claims
4.
Consider the following statement:
Gay men and lesbians should be welcome in the military.
This statement is what type of claim? What is the key word that indicates what type of claim it is?
Claim of policy, the phrase uses the word should. 5.
Consider the following statement:
It is irresponsible of the U.S. military to allow gay men and lesbians to join.
This statement is what type of claim? What is the key word that indicates what type of claim it is?
Claim of value, the statement implies judgment expressing approval or disapproval by using the word irresponsible. 6.
Consider the following statement:
The “Don’t ask; Don’t tell” policy adopted by the U.S. military must be abolished.
This statement is what type of claim? What is the key word that indicates what type of claim it is?
Claim of policy, the phrase uses the word must.
7.
Consider the following statement:
Gay men and lesbians represent a reported 12% of the U.S. population; hence, it is a fact that gay men and lesbians will be present in large organizations, especially the U.S.
military.
This statement is what type of claim? Why?
Claim of fact, the statement uses a statistic and the word reported to back the claim. 8.
Consider the following statement:
Animal experimentation should focus less on advancing the beauty industry and more on finding cures for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), HIV/AIDS, and cancer.
This statement is what type of claim? What is the key word that indicates what type of claim it is?
Claim of policy, the phrase uses the word should. 9.
Consider the following statement:
Animal experimentation is wrong.
This statement is what type of claim? What is the key word that indicates what type of claim it is?
Claim of value, the statement implies judgment expressing disapproval by using the word wrong.
10.Consider the following statement:
Starbucks Corporation watched its revenue grow by over 80% per year during the 1990s due to its focus on customer service, employee benefits, and expansion.
This statement is what type of claim? Why?
Claim of fact, the statement uses a statistic and the word watched to back the claim. 11.Consider the following statement:
Doctors who perform pre-frontal lobotomies are causing irreversible brain damage.
This statement is what type of claim? Why?
Claim of value, the statement implies judgment expressing disapproval and does not state any facts. The statement also generalizes when there is no factual evidence that all pre-frontal lobotomies are causing irreversible brain damage. 12.Consider the following statement:
Employers ought to consider building “in-house” daycare facilities for their employees.
This statement is what type of claim? What are the key words that indicate what type of claim it is?
Claim of policy, the phrase uses the word ought. 13.Consider the following statement:
It is unacceptable that few employers have built daycare facilities for their employees, especially since the magazine Working Woman
has observed that 52% of the 26 million
working mothers in the United States send their children to daycare. This statement is what type of claim? (Be careful.) What is the key word that indicates what type of claim it is?
Claim of value, the statement implies judgment expressing approval or disapproval by using the word unacceptable.
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