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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






2. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






3. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






4. Set two things in opposition






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






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






7. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






8. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






9. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






10. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






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






12. 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






13. 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'






14. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






15. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






16. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






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






18. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






19. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






21. 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'






22. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






24. 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






25. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






26. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






28. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






29. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






31. 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'






32. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






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






34. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






35. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






36. beginning repeated at ending






37. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






38. 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)






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






40. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






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






42. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






43. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






44. 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






45. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






46. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






48. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






50. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective