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1. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Aristotle
Metaphor
Ambiguity
Refutation Strategies
2. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Antithesis
Locus of Existence
Example
Agree on Commonality then refute
3. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Plato
Debate Resolutions
Direct Refutation
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
4. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Anadiplosis
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Epanalepsis
Presumption
5. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Small Sample
Ill
Qualitative (Stasis)
Anaphora
6. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Blame
Appeal to Ignorance
Composition
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
7. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Appeal to Authority
Modus Tollens
Anaphora
Refutation
8. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Small Sample
Refutation Strategies
Cliche
Disassociation of Concepts
9. Ideas repeated
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Value-Oriented Arguments
Locus of Quality
Exergasia
10. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Antithesis
Locus of Quality
Non Sequitur
Modus Ponens
11. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Plato
Arguments
Grounds (or data)
12. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)
Straw Person
Warrant
Non Sequitur
Tools of Refutation
13. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Litotes
(Argument from) Cause
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Good Moral Character
14. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Tokenism
Commonplaces
Anadiplosis
15. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Epistrophe
Rhetoric
Mixed Metaphor
(Fallacy of) Accident
16. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Corax
Straw Person
Non Sequitur
17. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
(Special Topoi for) Science
Isocrates
Erotema
18. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Structural (inherency)
Personification
Anaphora
Qualitative (Stasis)
19. Good Moral Character
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Prolepsis
Tisias
Good Will (Ethos)
20. 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
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
(Special Topoi for) Science
Special Topoi
Checking for Sign argument
21. 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
(Argument by) Analogy
Epistrophe
Corax
Sign
22. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Tokenism
Refutation Potential
Ill
Second
23. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Straw Person
Rhetoric
Debate Resolutions
Blame
24. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Manufactroversy
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Fallacy Fallacy
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
25. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Anaphora
Euphimism
(Argument of ) General probability
Tu Quoque
26. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Procedural (Stasis)
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Parallelism
27. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change
Arguments
Presumption
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Litotes
28. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth
Prolepsis
(Argument of ) General probability
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Popular Democracy
29. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court
Conceding Arguments
Tisias
Conjectural (Stasis)
Anadiplosis
30. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Second (or) Third
Grounds (or data)
Rhetoric
Correctio
31. Oppostite of Litotes
Attitudinal (inherency)
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Hyperbole
Informal Debate
32. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope
Example
Small Sample
(Special Topoi for) Science
Special Topoi
33. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
First
Division
Questionable Analogy
Value Hierarchies
34. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members
Hasty Generalization
Incrementum
Erotema
Rhetoric
35. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Checking for Narrative argument
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Argument
Mercenary Scientists
36. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Division
Checking for Analogy argument
Locus of Essence
37. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def
Rhetoric
Qualitative (Stasis)
Second (or) Third
Correctio
38. Ending repeated
Correctio
Claim
Anaphora
Epistrophe
39. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Valid
Example
Isocrates
Metaphor
40. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'
Status
(Argument from) Sign
(Argument from) Cause
Direct Refutation
41. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Categorical (Syllogism)
(Fallacy of) Accident
Refutation Potential
Syllogism
42. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Debate Resolutions
Categorical (Syllogism)
Turn
43. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Appeal to Ignorance
Informal Debate
Claim
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
44. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality
Deductive Reasoning
Ill
Hyperbole
Sign
45. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Appeal to Ignorance
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
46. 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.
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Unrepresentative Sample
Refutation
Appeal to Authority
47. Opposite of Epistrophe
Metaphor
Example
Begging the Question
Anaphora
48. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Non Sequitur
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Tokenism
49. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Epistrophe
Antithesis
Appeal to Ignorance
Unsound
50. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Hyperbole
Antithesis
Testimony
Consistency