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Q:
Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
Kim
a. reads all the time.
b. is a voracious reader.
c. is extremely well-read.
d. is a bookworm.
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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
The house the new architect designed for the Washingtons is
a. unique.
b. like nothing Ive ever seen.
c. innovative.
d. different.
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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
In my view, Mrs. Tuttle might be described as
a. innocent.
b. childlike.
c. guileless.
d. simple.
e. artless.
f. naive.
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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
Personally, I find Harold very
a. agreeable.
b. congenial.
c. manageable.
d. submissive.
e. flexible.
f. yielding.
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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
a. Danielle sings beautifully.
b. Danielle has an excellent ear for pitch, a wide range, perfect timbre, and fine phrasing.
c. Danielle sings like an angel.
d. Danielle is a competent singer
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Arrange the lettered items below in the order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
What a thing to wake up to each morning! All you hear are birds
a. chirping.
b. cheeping.
c. chattering.
d. screeching.
e. making a racket.
f. singing.
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Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. Weve said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
Karls diet really took the pounds off; he looks really
a. slender.
b. thin.
c. svelte.
d. trim.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
a. Conversation is not Darylls forte.
b. Daryll descends from simple folk, you know, "people of the earth."
c. Daryll is not very clever.
d. Daryll would lose a duel of wits with a gum ball machine.
Q:
Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
Hell never make a good wide receiver because
a. he has trouble holding onto the ball.
b. he has bricks for hands.
c. he cant catch.
d. no self-respecting football would like to be in his hands.
Q:
Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
Professor Hendersons class
a. doesnt require much studying.
b. is a gut.
c. is easy.
d. doesnt require a prefrontal cortex to pass.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning, and why do some choices seem meaner than others?
a. Ive never been fond of bowling.
b. Bowling bores me to death.
c. Id rather read the phone book than bowl.
d. On the pleasure scale, bowling ranks alongside pulling ticks off a dog.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
That novel you gave me to read
a. put me to sleep.
b. was dull.
c. wasnt as interesting as most things Ive read lately.
d. was tedious work to trudge through.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
a. The Raiders gave the ball game away.
b. All the breaks went against the Raiders.
c. The Raiders couldnt buy a piece of good luck.
d. The Raiders were having a bad day.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
My new roommate
a. talks all the time.
b. loves to talk.
c. is a great talker.
d. hardly ever gives his larynx a rest.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
Luigi is
a. clumsy.
b. like a bull in a china shop.
c. a klutz.
d. not very well coordinated.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
When he told others what he thought of them, he was
a. honest.
b. blunt.
c. ruthless.
d. rude.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
a. She occasionally lapsed in her duty toward others.
b. She didnt care how her actions would negatively affect others.
c. She seized opportunities to cause misfortune to others.
d. She was vicious toward others.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
She was
a. well-traveled.
b. tired.
c. exhausted.
d. shopworn.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
a. He was a cautious sort.
b. He was deliberate and heedful of his own safety.
c. He was afraid to take the slightest risk.
d. He was spineless.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
Shirley always had trouble finding clothes that fit because she was
a. so petite.
b. quite small.
c. a runt.
d. diminutive.
e. tiny.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
a. He had done some unfortunate deeds in his day.
b. He had on occasion gone astray.
c. He had become morally bankrupt.
d. He had the moral sensibility of a reptile.
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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?
Mr. Gardner
a. is a social drinker.
b. is alcohol-dependent.
c. is a heavy imbiber.
d. enjoys tippling.
e. is a drunk.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
a. His were the most awful, despicable, outrageous crimes that have been committed in this county in the entire century.
b. He murdered seven innocent people.
c. He shocked the sensibilities of the whole region with his horrible crimes.
d. He was guilty of seven felonies and about nine misdemeanors, including murder and abuse of the mails.
e. He chopped up seven people and sent their parts to the governors office.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
a. Whitney was hungry, so she helped herself to more potatoes.
b. "Im drowning!" she screamed. "Someone help me!"
c. Morgan helped her mother at every opportunity.
d. Derrick discovered he could not lift the box unless someone helped him by lifting one end.
e. The word "help" has four letters in it.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
a. Dennis was a monster all evening.
b. Dennis was well-behaved while the guests were here.
c. Dennis was ill-mannered toward the guests.
d. Dennis threw a tantrum in front of everybody.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
a. Smoking is hazardous to your health.
b. Smoking is linked with lung disease.
c. Smoking has been demonstrated to cause lung cancer and emphysema.
d. Smoking is not good for you.
e. Smoking is linked with lung cancer and emphysema.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
The administration has indicated it would
a. not be satisfied until the problem was solved.
b. propose new legislation to combat the problem.
c. send a bill to Congress during the next session.
d. take the problem under advisement.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
a. The students with the most points at the end of the semester will get the best grades.
b. The top 10 percent of the class will receive "A's".
c. Everybody whose average is 90 or above will get an A.
d. The class will be graded on a curve.
e. Grading will be relatively tough in this course.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
a. I hear a funny noise in my engine.
b. I have an engine problem.
c. When I give it gas, I hear this funny sound in my engine.
d. My engine makes a strange noise sometimes but not at other times.
e. There is an unusual ticking sound in my engine when I accelerate from zero to around thirty.
Q:
Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
When Louis returned from his trip, he told me
a. that the airline had lost his bags twice.
b. that it had been a nightmare.
c. that all the clothes except those on his back spent the weekend in Miami and Cleveland while he was in New Orleans and Detroit.
d. that he had to wear the same clothes for three straight days because of airline foul-ups with his luggage.
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Rank the claims in the following set from general to least vague.
Joanna
a. is left of center in her political views.
b. has voted for the socialist candidate for president in the last four elections.
c. usually doesnt vote for Republicans.
d. is a liberal.
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Define "intellectual (noun)" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "decayed" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "humble" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "drinker" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "government worker" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "display (verb)" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "proud" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "farmer" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "thrifty" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "thin person" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "attorney" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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Define "dog (noun)" by synonyms, using one synonym that carries a complimentary meaning and one that carries a derogatory emotive meaning.
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For "physicians," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
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For "educators," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
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For "teenager," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
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For "hunter," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
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For "playboy," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
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For "conservative (noun)," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
Q:
For "liberal (noun)," provide an analytical definition that is unflattering.
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For "educator," provide an analytical definition that is flattering.
Q:
For "liberal (noun)," provide an analytical definition that is flattering.
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For "feminist," provide an analytical definition that is flattering.
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For "politician," provide an analytical definition that is flattering.
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For "conservative (noun)," provide an analytical definition that is flattering.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "problem." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "concept." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "reasoning." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "industrial hazard." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "classification system." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "the color red." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "toothache." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "immoral act." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "education." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "ambiguous claim." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "charity." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "unicorn." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "expensive gift." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "thing." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "World Series winner." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "genius." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "abstraction." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "tall item." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "dictator." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Using a name or description of an item that you cant point to, provide a definition by example for "planet." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither?The comet is visible in our area one hour before dawn.
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Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither?"... and my house is on the right-hand side of the street."
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Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither?The instructions for a set of exercises: "Determine whether these claims are too vague given the contexts that are stated or implied."
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Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither?"Men burn off 438 calories per hour gardening."Breakthroughs
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Considering the context in which it was most likely uttered, would you say the following claim is ambiguous, too vague, or neither?There will be over one hundred consolation prizes worth over $10,000.