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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Litotes
(Argument from) Cause
Accident
Protagoras
2. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Checking for Sign argument
Cost
Erotema
Refutation
3. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Begging the Question
Questionable Cause
Antithesis
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
4. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
Questionable Cause
Sign
Syllogism
Common Practice (Fallacy)
5. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Aristotle
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Division
Appeal to Ignorance
6. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Qualitative (Stasis)
Questionable Analogy
Second
Prolepsis
7. An argument that follows proper logical form
Valid
Locus of Existence
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Categorical (Syllogism)
8. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Tisias
Associated Commonplaces
Prolepsis
Unsound
9. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Erotema
Questionable Analogy
Epanalepsis
Direct Refutation
10. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Sign
Cost
Hasty Generalization
Unsound
11. Oppostite of Litotes
Non Sequitur
Hyperbole
Incrementum
Euphimism
12. 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
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Ad Hominem
Tools of Refutation
Disassociation of Concepts
13. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Appeal to Authority
Modus Tollens
Hyperbole
14. 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
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Red Herring
Value-Oriented Arguments
Simile
15. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises
Appeal to Authority
Checking for Testimony argument
Syllogism
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
16. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Claim
Procedural (Stasis)
Narrative
Example
17. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Refutation Strategies
Straw Person
18. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Hasty Generalization
Litotes
Conceding Arguments
Appeal to Authority
19. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Locus of Essence
Conjectural (Stasis)
Toulmin Model
Exergasia
20. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Isocrates
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Metaphor
Mixed Metaphor
21. If A then B Not A Therefore not B
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Attitudinal (inherency)
Personification
22. Ideas repeated
Rhetoric
Exergasia
Unequivocal
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
23. 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
Formal Debate
Ill
Cure
Syllogism
24. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares
Debate Resolutions
Loci of the Preferable
Exergasia
Corax
25. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Tokenism
Grounds (or data)
Antithesis
Status
26. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Corax
Definitional (Stasis)
Correctio
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
27. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Epanalepsis
Refutation Potential
Disassociation of Concepts
Anaphora
28. 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.
Small Sample
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Disassociation of Concepts
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
29. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
(Fallacy of) Accident
Conceding Arguments
Status
Turn
30. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?
Rhetoric
Rhetoric
Burden of proof
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
31. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
False Dichotomy
Rhetoric
Isocrates
Euphimism
32. Term with lower (negative) value
Formal Logic
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Modus Tollens
Informal Debate
33. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Appeal to Ignorance
Cost
Unrepresentative Sample
Rhetoric
34. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Testimony
Rhetoric
Checking for Narrative argument
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
35. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Metaphor
Grounds (or data)
Litotes
36. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Plato
Burden of Rejoinder
Appeal to Ignorance
Toulmin Model
37. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Toulmin Model
Second (or) Third
Cure
Questionable Cause
38. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.
Questionable Cause
Anadiplosis
Cure
Straw Person
39. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Composition
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Locus of Essence
Red Herring
40. 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'
Ad Hominem
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Cliche
Cure
41. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Litotes
Toulmin Model
Unequivocal
Second (or) Third
42. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Consistency
Associated Commonplaces
(Argument from) Narrative
Refutation Strategies
43. Good Moral Character
Second (or) Third
Isocrates
Sophist
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
44. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.
Checking for Narrative argument
Begging the Question
Appeal to Ignorance
Warrant
45. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument
Direct Refutation
Hyperbole
Burden of proof
Checking for Testimony argument
46. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Refutation
Locus of Quality
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Fallacy Fallacy
47. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Checking for Example argument
Agree on Commonality then refute
Epanalepsis
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
48. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)
Locus of Quality
Status
Presumption
Small Sample
49. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Grounds (or data)
Charisma
Sign
Rhetoric
50. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Checking for Narrative argument
Definitional (Stasis)
Correctio
Anaphora