Questions to Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills

Question 1
The cause of controversy that is responsible for the discussion is the issue
The message that the writer or speaker wants you to accept is the conclusion
Explanations or rationales for why we should believe a particular conclusion are called value assumptions
The existence of multiple possible meanings of a word or phrase is ambiguity
A taken-for-granted belief about the relative desirability of certain competing values is significant omitted information
A reasoning trick that an author might use to persuade you to accept his conclusion is a fallacy
Specific information that is used by a communicator to back up his claim is evidence
A plausible alternative explanation that can explain why a certain outcome has occurred is a rival cause
Evidence expressed in numbers that is used to support an argument is statistics
Information that shapes reasoning in an argument is reasons
Question 2
Critical thinking
Question 3
Fallacies
Question 4
Glittering generalities
Question 5
True
Question 6
True
Question 7
True
Question 8
Wishful thinking
Question 9
Emotionally charged
Question 10
Ad populum
Question 11
Slippery slope fallacy
Question 12
Perfect solution fallacy
Question 13
False dilemma
Question 14
True
Question 15
Statistics
Question 16
Deduction
Question 17
True
Question 18
True
Question 19
True
Question 20
False
Question 21
If clauses
Question 22
Dichotomous thinking
Question 23: Critical Analysis of U.S. As World Policeman
On the issue of world security, the conclusion of the author in the article U.

S. As World Police is that the United States is justified in intervening as the world policeman. This is due to prevailing circumstances and the military capacity of the nation. However, this argument is insufficient.
The value assumption is flawed. The argument presupposes that all nations value security over sovereignty. This may not necessarily be true. In the case of Iraq, the invasion of the US was uninvited, and the nation would have preferred to handle its issue as a sovereign entity.
The evidence given suggests that the US had no option but to participate after the United Nations failed.This fallacy posits that the United Nations and the United States are similar entities and alternatives to each other. Assuming that the failures of the United Nations call for action by the United States is inaccurate.
Significant information was omitted. A rival cause is a political motivation. Statistical evidence cuts out for the USA a place as a military superpower. However, the presence of such power does not automatically confer an obligation to participate in the security issues, as the writer suggests.
Some strengths of the argument include the quoting of valid and relevant evidence such as the military potential. Also, the case for the interests of the USA being threatened by the potential anarchy and that of the intervention being requested by other nations justify the action.