Which sentence fails to qualify as a claim?(1 point)

Question

There are more important aspects of dieting than weight loss.
There are more important aspects of dieting than weight loss.

Humans need to eat food to stay alive.
Humans need to eat food to stay alive.

More high school health classes should cover nutrition.
More high school health classes should cover nutrition.

Learning to cook is an important step toward self-sufficiency.

Answer 1

The sentence that fails to qualify as a claim is:

"Humans need to eat food to stay alive."

This statement is a fact rather than a claim, as it is widely accepted and does not present an argument or a subjective opinion. The other sentences express opinions or arguments that can be debated.

Answer 2

What is an unsound argument based on false or illogical evidence?(1 point)
Responses

premise
premise

half-truth
half-truth

fallacy
fallacy

bias

Answer 3

The correct response is fallacy. A fallacy is an unsound argument that is based on false or illogical evidence.

Answer 4

What is an argument that attacks someone’s character or motives?(1 point)
Responses

fallacy
fallacy

ad hominem
ad hominem

false dichotomy
false dichotomy

premise

Answer 5

The correct response is ad hominem. An ad hominem argument attacks someone’s character or motives instead of addressing the content of their argument.

Answer 6

What is an argument that artificially limits options to two opposite choices?(1 point)
Responses

false dichotomy
false dichotomy

ad hominem
ad hominem

false analogy
false analogy

gambler’s fallacy

Answer 7

The correct response is false dichotomy. A false dichotomy is an argument that artificially limits options to just two opposing choices, disregarding other possible alternatives.

Answer 8

"The Gettysburg Address"
by Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg Pa. Nov. 19th, 1863. [n. p. n. d.].
Gettysburg Address
Delivered at Gettysburg, Pa.
Nov. 19th 1863.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. “But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Use the passages to answer the question.
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL
Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which lines from King’s letter best reflect Lincoln’s concern when he says, “...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
A. “I have no despair about the future...because the goal of America is freedom.”
B. “...and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent, and determined action.”
C. “...when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for the best in the American dream…”
D.“But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word ‘tension.’"
E. “...I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.”

Answer 9

The two lines from King’s letter that best reflect Lincoln’s concern when he says, “...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” are:

A. “I have no despair about the future...because the goal of America is freedom.”
C. “...when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for the best in the American dream…”

These choices emphasize the ongoing struggle for freedom and justice, aligning with Lincoln's vision of a nation dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality.

Answer 10

Use the passage to answer the question.

The first section of the Bill of Rights is dedicated to outlining the king’s abuses of power. What is the function of the second section, which begins “That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void”?

(1 point)
Responses

to encourage citizens to get involved in government
to encourage citizens to get involved in government

to explain why the king is wrong
to explain why the king is wrong

to instill confidence in the government
to instill confidence in the government

to provide guidance on how to make the government better

Answer 11

The correct response is to instill confidence in the government. The second section aims to establish legal protections and fairness in the judicial process, thereby fostering trust and confidence in the government's ability to respect individual rights and due process.