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1. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Quantitative (significance)
Litotes
Structural (inherency)
Hyperbole
2. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Rhetoric
Ethos
Anaphora
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
3. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
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4. 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'
(Argument from) Narrative
Associated Commonplaces
Decision Rules
Non Sequitur
5. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
First
Metaphor
Situationally flawed
6. Ask a rhetorical question
Erotema
Checking for Example argument
Quantitative (significance)
Formal Debate
7. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Debate Resolutions
Accident
Tu Quoque
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
8. Who developed the argument from general probability?
Rhetoric
Corax
Personification
Exergasia
9. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Rhetoric
Deductive Reasoning
Epistrophe
Analogy
10. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Value Hierarchies
Questionable Analogy
Categorical (Syllogism)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
11. 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
Decision Rules
Ambiguity
Burden of Rejoinder
Epanalepsis
12. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Hyperbole
Cost
Modus Ponens
13. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Argument
Locus of Existence
Conceding Arguments
Common Practice (Fallacy)
14. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
Sign
Metaphor
Protagoras
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
15. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work
Mixed Metaphor
Isocrates
Rhetoric
Narrative
16. 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
Grounds (or data)
Cure
(Argument by) Analogy
Rhetoric
17. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.
Structural (inherency)
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Cure
Toulmin Model
18. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
Arguments
Ad Hominem
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
First
19. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Analogy
Antithesis
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Metaphor
20. 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
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Correctio
Appeal to Authority
Tools of Refutation
21. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Informal Debate
Antithesis
(Argument of ) General probability
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
22. 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:
(Argument by) Analogy
Deductive Reasoning
(Argument from) Testimony
Blame
23. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses
Agree on Commonality then refute
Hyperbole
Exergasia
Parallelism
24. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Isocrates
Cost
Second (or) Third
Hyperbole
25. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category
Stock Issues
Antithesis
Ill
Non Sequitur
26. Opposite of Hyperbole
Litotes
Structural (inherency)
Agree on Commonality then refute
Blame
27. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Toulmin Model
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Definitional (Stasis)
Qualitative (Stasis)
28. Circular Reasoning
Modus Tollens
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Begging the Question
Emotionally Charged (Language)
29. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Anaphora
Associated Commonplaces
Litotes
Second
30. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Enthymeme
Procedural (Stasis)
Toulmin Model
Presumption
31. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Epanalepsis
Appeal to Authority
Direct Refutation
(Argument by) Analogy
32. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Tools of Refutation
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Hyperbole
Unequivocal
33. Appeals from the character of the speaker
Turn
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Fallacy Fallacy
Ethos
34. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Argument
Ambiguity
Burden of Rejoinder
Simile
35. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Arguments
Correctio
Mercenary Scientists
Shifting the Burden of Proof
36. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Red Herring
Turn
Fallacies
Epistrophe
37. After this - therefore on account of this
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Categorical (Syllogism)
Personification
38. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.
Modus Ponens
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Turn
Disassociation of Concepts
39. Good Moral Character
Debate Resolutions
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Questionable Analogy
Informal Debate
40. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Epistrophe
Mixed Metaphor
Isocrates
Rhetoric
41. 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
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
(Argument by) Analogy
Tu Quoque
42. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Begging the Question
Euphimism
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Cure
43. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Ill
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Anadiplosis
Accident
44. 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
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Argument
Manufactroversy
Agree on Commonality then refute
45. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'
Debate Resolutions
Rhetoric
(Fallacy of) Accident
Refutation Strategies
46. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
Formal Logic
Grounds (or data)
Associated Commonplaces
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
47. Reasoning from case to case
Tu Quoque
(Argument from) Narrative
Analogy
Non Sequitur
48. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Sophist
Checking for Narrative argument
Ethos
Tools of Refutation
49. Opposite of Anaphora
Division
Epistrophe
Value-Oriented Arguments
Quantitative (significance)
50. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Erotema
Parallelism
Refutation Strategies
Presumption