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Subject : soft-skills
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1. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






2. Opposite of Hyperbole






3. beginning repeated at ending






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






5. 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






6. Set two things in opposition






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






8. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






9. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






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






11. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






12. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






14. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






15. 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.






16. 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






17. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






19. 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'






20. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






21. Opposite of anadiplosis






22. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






23. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






24. Term with higher (positive) value






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






26. 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






27. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






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






29. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






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






32. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






33. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






34. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






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






36. Reasoning from case to case






37. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






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






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






40. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






41. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






42. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






43. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






45. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






46. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






48. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






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






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







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