Argumentative Writing

Logical Vocabulary

Reaching Logical Conclusions

Fallacies

Improprieties

Improprieties

A functional impropriety is the use of a word as the wrong part of speech. The wrong meaning for a word can also be impropriety.

Mark improprieties in the following phrases and correct them in the blanks at the right. If you find none, write C in the blank.

Example: (occupation) hazards -- occupational

1. reforming institution policies

2. percent aging students by grades

3. dead trees as inhabitants for birds

4. an initiate story about a young girl

5. a recurrence theme in literature

6. a wood chisel

7. a wood baseball bat

8. a frivolity conversation on the weather

9. a utopia hideaway of alpine villas

10. a utilize room complete with workbench

11. the unstable chemical compounds

12. the unschooled labor force

13. the vandals who rapined Rome

14. an erupting volcano crevassing the hills

15. criticism writing which is often abstract

16. abstracted beyond understanding

17. classified as an absorbent

18. a handwriting letter

19. banjoed their way to the top ten

20. a meander stream

21. hoboing across the country

22. holidayed the time away

23. the redirective coming from the officer

24. grain-fed slaughter cattle

25. ivy tendoned to the walls

And that's the end of our logical argumentation tour. You can try one more exercise in logical reasoning, if you'd like, or you can return back to the general handouts index.

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