CHAPTER $2$ PRACTICE EXERCISES

GENERATING ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES

Exercises $2$A: Illustrating Simple Descriptive Claims

Exercise Instructions: Offer an illustrative example for each of the following descriptive generalizations.

Dogs usually have tails.

Many people cannot or will not eat bacon.

Large planets sometimes have more than one moon.

Some popular hobbies require expensive equipment.

It is easy to be misunderstood when communicating through writing.

Sometimes, new public policies have unexpected consequences.

Exercises $2$B: Illustrating Moral Claims

Exercise Instructions: Offer one fanciful and one realistic example that illustrate