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Subject : soft-skills
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1. beginning repeated at ending






2. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






3. Opposite of Anaphora






4. Opposite of Epistrophe






5. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






6. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






7. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






8. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






9. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






10. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






11. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






12. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






13. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






14. What vehicles and tenors share






15. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






16. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






17. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






18. An argument with true premises and valid form






19. Opposite of Hyperbole






20. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






21. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






22. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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23. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






24. If A then B A Therefore B






25. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






26. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






27. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






28. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






29. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






30. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






31. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






32. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






33. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






34. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






35. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






36. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






37. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






38. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






39. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






40. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






41. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






42. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






43. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






44. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






45. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






46. After this - therefore on account of this






47. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






48. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






49. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






50. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____