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1. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Checking for Testimony argument
Cliche
Stasis
Enthymeme
2. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Checking for Analogy argument
Example
Hyperbole
Attitudinal (inherency)
3. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Red Herring
Anaphora
Debate Resolutions
Unequivocal
4. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Hasty Generalization
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Special Topoi
5. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Checking for Analogy argument
Locus of Essence
Ill
Conjectural (Stasis)
6. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def
Rhetoric
Modus Ponens
Composition
Exergasia
7. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates
Aristotle
Informal Debate
Formal Debate
Composition
8. If A then B A Therefore B
Litotes
Modus Ponens
Red Herring
Questionable Analogy
9. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Small Sample
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Anadiplosis
Commonplaces
10. 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'
Stasis
Consistency
Correctio
(Argument from) Testimony
11. 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
Stasis
Definitional (Stasis)
(Argument by) Analogy
Checking for Sign argument
12. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
13. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Decision Rules
Procedural (Stasis)
Anaphora
Direct Refutation
14. Beginning repeated
Epistrophe
Questionable Analogy
Red Herring
Anaphora
15. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Stasis
Anadiplosis
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Antithesis
16. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work
Consistency
Metaphor
Rhetoric
Debate Resolutions
17. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Litotes
Composition
Protagoras
Decision Rules
18. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Disassociation of Concepts
Warrant
Grounds (or data)
19. Deliberate correction
Correctio
Non Sequitur
Disassociation of Concepts
Blame
20. Term with higher (positive) value
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Structural (inherency)
Litotes
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
21. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Mixed Metaphor
Example
Arguments
Mercenary Scientists
22. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population
Small Sample
Quantitative (significance)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Litotes
23. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
(Special Topoi for) Science
24. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Second (or) Third
Division
Quantitative (significance)
Metaphor
25. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Conceding Arguments
Questionable Analogy
Stasis
26. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Antithesis
Antithesis
Rhetoric
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
27. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Appeal to Ignorance
Composition
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Burden of Rejoinder
28. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Conceding Arguments
Turn
Locus of Quality
False Charge of Fallacy
29. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
Value Hierarchies
Checking for Narrative argument
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
30. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Tokenism
Correctio
Qualitative (Stasis)
Cliche
31. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Composition
Non Sequitur
Rhetoric
Agree on Commonality then refute
32. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Situationally flawed
Refutation Potential
Locus of Existence
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
33. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Correctio
Locus of Essence
Checking for Analogy argument
Good Moral Character
34. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Composition
Tisias
Decorum
Appeal to Authority
35. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Isocrates
Fallacies
Ad Hominem
Questionable Analogy
36. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Exergasia
Checking for Sign argument
Tu Quoque
Rhetoric
37. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Popular Democracy
Isocrates
Modus Ponens
Appeal to Authority
38. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole
Disassociation of Concepts
Turn
Categorical (Syllogism)
Composition
39. 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
Checking for Narrative argument
Ill
Tools of Refutation
Locus of Quality
40. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Appeal to Ignorance
Refutation Potential
(Argument by) Example
Questionable Cause
41. 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?
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Straw Person
Fallacy Fallacy
Checking for Cause argement
42. 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
Euphimism
Associated Commonplaces
Categorical (Syllogism)
Sophist
43. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Modus Tollens
Conjectural (Stasis)
Modus Ponens
Refutation
44. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Ethos
Categorical (Syllogism)
Parallelism
45. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
Sign
Exergasia
Situationally flawed
Rhetoric
46. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Qualitative (Stasis)
Mercenary Scientists
Locus of Existence
47. What vehicles and tenors share
Ambiguity
(Argument of ) General probability
Associated Commonplaces
Non Sequitur
48. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Stock Issues
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Refutation
49. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Ill
Structural (inherency)
Conjectural (Stasis)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
50. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Special Topoi
Composition
Status
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term