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Ban on sodas: Quiz
Ban on Bans! and Soda's a problem but... (2/15)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carried out; put into effect | Implemented |
| Purposes for or goals of one's actions | Intentions |
| Orders or commands | Mandates |
| Give orders to control or influence something | Dictate |
| Interfere with; take action to try to stop a dispute or conflict | Intervene |
| Permission not to do something or pay for something that others are required to do or pay | Exemption |
| Roberto's repeated efforts to help shows that he has good __________. | Intentions |
| My school ___________ a new dress code this year that requires all students to wear uniforms. | Implemented |
| Some large companies receive a tax _________ when they move to a rural area in the hope that they will improve the local economy. | Exemption |
| New local ________ require that all dogs be on leashes in public places. | Mandates |
| The doctor felt it was necessary to _________ when he saw a patient being given the wrong treatment. | Intervene |
| The new community council will _______ the terms and conditions of the new development. | Dictate |
| Who is Michael Bloomberg? | The mayor of New York who tried to implement the soda ban in 2013. |
| According to the author of "Ban the Ban!," what is "life all about"? | The author believes that life is all about choices and informed decisions. |
| What does the author of "Soda's a Problem but... think of the argument that "people are helpless in the face of sugar"? | She doesn't buy the argument that people are helpless in the face of sugar. |
| A logical way of presenting a belief, conclusion, or stance. A good one must include at least one claim, and be supported with reasoning and evidence that is relevant, or related, to the subject. | Argument |
| A reasonable conclusion based on evidence. Ones that are strong, specific, and narrow are usually more effective than broad ones because they are easier to support with evidence. | Claim |
| Errors in reasoning that weaken an argument. | Logical fallacies |
| A type of logical fallacy that is a false conclusion that ignores evidence to the contrary, and it overseas the facts. | Overgeneralization |
| A type of logical fallacy that assumes that one event will lead to more events that are inevitable. If you do not want to occur, you must prevent A from occurring too. | Slippery slope |
| What position on the question of the soda ban do both authors express? | Both authors are against the soda ban. |
| Identify one fact about Mayor Bloomberg and the soda ban that both authors cite. | Mayor Bloomberg attempted to implement the soda ban. |
| Note on fact that appears in "Ban the ban!", but not in "Soda's a problem but..." | - Mayor Bloomberg implemented a smoking ban - Mayor Bloomberg insisted that calorie counts be posted |
| Consider this statement from paragraph 3 of "Ban the Ban!": "Remember the days when New York was a really cool and fun place to live? Me too. Now a simple thing like going to the movies has even lost its 'flavor.'" How is this an overgeneralization? | Though not have a soda at the movies can be inconvenient, it doesn't ruin the whole experience; you go to the movies to watch a movie, not to drink soda |
| In the last paragraph of "Ban the Ban," explain how the sentence "What is going to be next?" introduces the logical fallacy of slippery slope. | The author claims that the soda ban will lead to a salt ban which will lead to minimal freedoms, which will lead to people living in the land of Big Brother and not in the land of the free. |
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