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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






2. Opposite of anadiplosis






3. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






4. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






5. What vehicles and tenors share






6. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






7. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






8. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






9. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






10. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






11. Understatement






12. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






13. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






14. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






15. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






16. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






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






18. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






20. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






21. After this - therefore on account of this






22. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






23. Circular Reasoning






24. An argument with true premises and valid form






25. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






26. Reasoning from case to case






27. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






28. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






29. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






30. Structure repeated






31. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






32. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






33. 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?






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






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






36. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






37. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






38. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






39. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






40. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






41. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






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






43. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






44. Opposite of Hyperbole






45. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






46. Ideas repeated






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






48. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






49. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole






50. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?