In the sentence "These days, parents neglect to watch their children's social media use", we find an example of the hasty generalization fallacy.
Hasty generalization does not present enough evidence to support the argument made and, therefore, generalizes a fact. In the sentence above, there is an affirmation that parents do not watch their children's social media use. How can the speaker state this? Who are these parents: all of them? Just a percentage? What about the parents who do watch their kids' use of social media? Do they not count?
As for the other options given, let's take a look at a brief description of what they mean:
Non sequitur is when a conclusion does not follow the evidence presented. It's an absurd conclusion, considering the information given. --> People like watching movies. Movies have violence. Therefore, having some violence happen to people is desirable.
Post hoc is a fallacy in which the speaker assumes there is a connection between events simply because they happened one after the other. That is, if B happened after A, then B happened because of A. --> If it rained after I had an ice cream, then it rained because I had the ice cream.
False analogy happens when the speaker analyzes two different facts under the same point of view and conditions, drawing a conclusion that is far-fetched. --> Monica is from South America. Alice is also from South America. Therefore, Monica and Alice are from the same country.
Answer:
A. tweets (Twitter messages) describing the overthrow of Ben Ali at the time it happened
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D. journal entries from a student describing how social media helped him join a protest
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E. quotations from experts on social media use during uprisings within the Arab world.
Explanation:
According to the given passage, the authors Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell present a claim that the Arab Uprisings were projected in a much greater deal to the outside world with the help of social media. The presence of cell phones used to record the events, which also led to the increased interest and attention to citizen journalism.
So, to support the claims laid by them, there are some pieces of evidence that can be used. <u><em>Evidences back the claims, validating the truth of the claims made</em></u>. Such pieces of evidence that can help are <u>tweets that describe the overthrow of the ruler at the time it had happened </u>or a <u>student's journal entries that describe how social media helped people him to join the protest</u>. Also, the <u>use of quotations from experts on social media that are used during the uprising within the Arab world</u> can be used as evidence to support the claims.
Thus, the correct answers are A, D, and E.
...has imposed races on the colonists without their consent.
The sentence that uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject is option C. She and her committee appreciate the donations they received. The compound subject in this sentence is, "she and her committee". This compound subject joined by the word "and" is treated as a plural subject; therefore, the verb should also be plural.
Answer:
D. "The people in the colonies benefit from our advanced technology."
Explanation:
The concept of imperialism states that a nation or country be taken over by another international nation, with the sole purpose of obtaining an advantage in terms of economic, geopolitical, social, or other factors.
Hence, option A and B does not apply since they are against imperialism and not in defense of the concept. Option C does not apply because it only concerns English people.
