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Run the reasoning gates

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Correct
    Analogy
    Choices
    1. Analogy
    2. Cause
    3. Definition
  2. Correct
    Cause
    Choices
    1. Analogy
    2. Cause
    3. Definition
  3. Correct
    Simile
    Choices
    1. Simile
    2. Metaphor
    3. Neither
  4. Correct
    Metaphor
    Choices
    1. Simile
    2. Metaphor
    3. Neither
  5. Correct
    Connotation
    Choices
    1. Denotation
    2. Connotation
    3. Neither
  6. Correct
    Denotation
    Choices
    1. Denotation
    2. Connotation
    3. Neither
Instructions
Pick the strategy, then the short device, then the meaning type.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 11, Reasoning Strategies._
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