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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






2. Opposite of Epanalepsis






3. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






10. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






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






13. Set two things in opposition






14. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






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






16. Good Moral Character






17. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






18. 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






19. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






20. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






21. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






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






23. 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'






24. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






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






26. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






27. 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'






28. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






29. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






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






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






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






33. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






34. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






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






36. beginning repeated at ending






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






40. Circular Reasoning






41. Ending repeated






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






43. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






44. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






46. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






47. Opposite of Anaphora






48. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






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






50. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______