Chapter 4
arguments based on facts and reason: logos
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respond.
discuss whether the following statements are examples of hard evidence
or constructed arguments. not all cases are clear-cut.
1. drunk drivers are involved in more than 50 percent of traffic deaths.
2. dna tests of skin found under the victim's fingernails suggest that
the defendant was responsible for the assault.
3. a psychologist testified that teenage violence could not be blamed on
video games.
4. the crowds at president trump's inauguration were the largest on
record.
5. "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
6. air bags ought to be removed from vehicles because they can kill
young children and small-framed adults.