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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. After this - therefore on account of this
Rhetoric
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Ill
Presumption
2. 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
Exergasia
Antithesis
(Argument by) Analogy
Archetypal (Metaphor)
3. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Categorical (Syllogism)
Exergasia
Example
Protagoras
4. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Composition
Analogy
Testimony
5. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Informal Debate
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Sign
6. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Division
Litotes
Special Topoi
Structural (inherency)
7. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Unsound
Categorical (Syllogism)
Sign
Tu Quoque
8. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy
Categorical (Syllogism)
Mercenary Scientists
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
9. 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
Appeal to Authority
Loci of the Preferable
Arguments
Epistrophe
10. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Term I/Term II
Tools of Refutation
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Metaphor
11. If A then B B Therefore - A
Accident
Anadiplosis
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
12. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Tu Quoque
Sophist
Aristotle
Correctio
13. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Refutation
Ad Hominem
Fallacies
Emotionally Charged (Language)
14. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Manufactroversy
Gorgias
Euphimism
15. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Antithesis
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Tools of Refutation
Checking for Example argument
16. Structure repeated
Exergasia
Decorum
Appeal to Ignorance
Parallelism
17. Metaphors use ____ and ____
Refutation
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Warrant
Blame
18. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Definitional (Stasis)
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Sophist
Locus of Existence
19. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Appeal to Authority
Sophist
Unequivocal
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
20. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Locus of Quality
Cliche
Decision Rules
Epistrophe
21. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Locus of Existence
Ethos
Rhetoric
Incrementum
22. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Corax
Protagoras
Good Moral Character
23. Good Moral Character
Claim
False Charge of Fallacy
False Dichotomy
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
24. Exaggeration
Second
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Hyperbole
Parallelism
25. 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
Locus of Existence
Tools of Refutation
Non Sequitur
Appeal to Ignorance
26. Reasoning from case to case
Red Herring
Commonplaces
Valid
Analogy
27. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Value-Oriented Arguments
Anaphora
Toulmin Model
Categorical (Syllogism)
28. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.
Questionable Cause
Popular Democracy
Loci of the Preferable
Begging the Question
29. 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'
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Tools of Refutation
Tu Quoque
Unrepresentative Sample
30. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Second (or) Third
(Special Topoi for) Science
31. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Equivocation
Checking for Cause argement
Locus of Quantity
Categorical (Syllogism)
32. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Epistrophe
Sound
Exergasia
Modus Ponens
33. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Ethos
Accident
Appeal to Ignorance
Litotes
34. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Exergasia
(Argument by) Example
Modus Ponens
Conceding Arguments
35. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Agree on Commonality then refute
Informal Debate
36. 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
Epistrophe
False Dichotomy
Associated Commonplaces
Agree on Commonality then refute
37. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Appeal to Ignorance
Correctio
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Cliche
38. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Appeal to Authority
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Small Sample
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
39. Ideas repeated
Exergasia
Enthymeme
Quantitative (significance)
Analogy
40. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
Associated Commonplaces
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Questionable Cause
(Argument from) Cause
41. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.
Ad Populum
Epanalepsis
Cliche
Euphimism
42. 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'
Hasty Generalization
Ad Hominem
Grounds (or data)
Epistrophe
43. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Checking for Narrative argument
Valid
Warrant
First
44. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Associated Commonplaces
Ad Populum
Consistency
Categorical (Syllogism)
45. What vehicles and tenors share
(Argument from) Testimony
Narrative
Associated Commonplaces
Argument
46. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Prolepsis
Epistrophe
Argument
Archetypal (Metaphor)
47. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Good Will (Ethos)
Hyperbole
Informal Debate
Epistrophe
48. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
Rhetoric
First
Protagoras
Appeal to Authority
49. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth
(Argument of ) General probability
Agree on Commonality then refute
(Fallacy of) Accident
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
50. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.
Unrepresentative Sample
Division
Metaphor
Corax