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1. Opposite of Epanalepsis
Narrative
Anadiplosis
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Prolepsis
2. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Aristotle
Cliche
Burden of Rejoinder
Rhetoric
3. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Metaphor
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Parallelism
Unsound
4. Good Moral Character
Blame
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Antithesis
Attitudinal (inherency)
5. Opposite of Anaphora
Epistrophe
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
6. Appeals from the character of the speaker
Checking for Cause argement
Refutation Strategies
Ethos
Disassociation of Concepts
7. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Structural (inherency)
Epanalepsis
Tu Quoque
Tokenism
8. Understatement
Valid
Litotes
Checking for Narrative argument
Equivocation
9. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Attitudinal (inherency)
Locus of Quality
Correctio
10. Structure repeated
Parallelism
Locus of Quality
Qualitative (Stasis)
Metaphor
11. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Straw Person
Hyperbole
Burden of Rejoinder
Fallacies
12. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Ill
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Tu Quoque
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
13. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
(Fallacy of) Accident
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Argument
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
14. 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.
Sophist
Fallacy Fallacy
Refutation Strategies
Begging the Question
15. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Accident
Procedural (Stasis)
Locus of Quality
Rhetoric
16. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:
Checking for Testimony argument
Blame
Toulmin Model
Plato
17. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Division
(Argument by) Analogy
Ambiguity
Unsound
18. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Cure
Refutation Potential
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
First
19. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Formal Logic
Epanalepsis
Cliche
Blame
20. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Quantitative (significance)
Appeal to Ignorance
(Argument from) Testimony
(Special Topoi for) Science
21. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Euphimism
Blame
Rhetoric
Attitudinal (inherency)
22. Set two things in opposition
Antithesis
(Argument from) Testimony
Attitudinal (inherency)
Refutation Potential
23. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Epanalepsis
Parallelism
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
24. Opposite of Hyperbole
Popular Democracy
Disassociation of Concepts
Value Hierarchies
Litotes
25. 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
Loci of the Preferable
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Attitudinal (inherency)
(Argument by) Example
26. 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'
Value-Oriented Arguments
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Anaphora
Tu Quoque
27. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?
Manufactroversy
Checking for Example argument
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Prolepsis
28. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
(Fallacy of) Accident
Narrative
Checking for Sign argument
Anadiplosis
29. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Procedural (Stasis)
(Argument from) Sign
Decision Rules
Begging the Question
30. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.
Antithesis
Ad Populum
Unrepresentative Sample
Questionable Analogy
31. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Refutation Potential
Sign
First
Tisias
32. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Commonplaces
Formal Logic
Special Topoi
33. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Quantitative (significance)
Sign
Tools of Refutation
Fallacy Fallacy
34. 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.
Enthymeme
Second
Tokenism
Straw Person
35. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Term I/Term II
Decision Rules
Charisma
36. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Special Topoi
Claim
Small Sample
Tisias
37. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Exergasia
Ad Hominem
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
38. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy
(Fallacy of) Accident
Mercenary Scientists
Presumption
Anaphora
39. Ask a rhetorical question
Checking for Testimony argument
Erotema
Correctio
Straw Person
40. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Conjectural (Stasis)
Definitional (Stasis)
Epistrophe
Non Sequitur
41. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo
Anaphora
Decision Rules
Litotes
Quantitative (significance)
42. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Procedural (Stasis)
Locus of Quantity
Tu Quoque
Erotema
43. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Definitional (Stasis)
Second (or) Third
Appeal to Ignorance
Anadiplosis
44. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Checking for Sign argument
Blame
Turn
(Fallacy of) Accident
45. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Associated Commonplaces
Protagoras
Erotema
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
46. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Value Hierarchies
Situationally flawed
Hyperbole
Mixed Metaphor
47. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue
Tisias
(Argument from) Cause
Red Herring
Euphimism
48. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court
Tisias
Archetypal (Metaphor)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Sign
49. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
Stock Issues
Composition
Deductive Reasoning
Sign
50. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Erotema
Value-Oriented Arguments
Cost
Appeal to Ignorance