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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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'
Euphimism
Red Herring
(Argument from) Sign
(Argument from) Testimony
2. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Erotema
Correctio
Sound
Accident
3. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Plato
Rhetoric
4. If A then B B Therefore - A
Red Herring
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Anaphora
False Dichotomy
5. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Appeal to Authority
Tu Quoque
Protagoras
6. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Unrepresentative Sample
Metaphor
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Analogy
7. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
(Special Topoi for) Science
Hyperbole
Informal Debate
8. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Litotes
Refutation
Epistrophe
Categorical (Syllogism)
9. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Definitional (Stasis)
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Conjectural (Stasis)
Toulmin Model
10. 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
Agree on Commonality then refute
Presumption
Categorical (Syllogism)
Questionable Cause
11. Opposite of anadiplosis
Enthymeme
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Euphimism
Epanalepsis
12. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Cliche
Refutation Potential
Ambiguity
Checking for Sign argument
13. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Conceding Arguments
Tu Quoque
Qualitative (Stasis)
Locus of Essence
14. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'
Litotes
Unequivocal
Anaphora
Rhetoric
15. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Locus of Essence
(Argument from) Narrative
Division
16. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Aristotle
Intelligence
Prolepsis
Anadiplosis
17. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Epistrophe
(Argument by) Example
Commonplaces
Refutation Strategies
18. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Locus of Quality
Situationally flawed
Hasty Generalization
Definitional (Stasis)
19. Opposite of Epanalepsis
Anadiplosis
False Dichotomy
Direct Refutation
Equivocation
20. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
Warrant
False Dichotomy
Accident
Hasty Generalization
21. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Formal Debate
Appeal to Ignorance
Structural (inherency)
Qualitative (Stasis)
22. Circular Reasoning
Metaphor
Agree on Commonality then refute
Begging the Question
(Argument from) Sign
23. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Ill
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Attitudinal (inherency)
Locus of Existence
24. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Prolepsis
Analogy
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
False Charge of Fallacy
25. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)
Modus Ponens
Checking for Cause argement
Claim
Status
26. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Sophist
Value-Oriented Arguments
Attitudinal (inherency)
False Dichotomy
27. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Argument
Fallacy Fallacy
Modus Tollens
Plato
28. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members
Good Will (Ethos)
Accident
Toulmin Model
Hasty Generalization
29. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Tokenism
Straw Person
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Grounds (or data)
30. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?
Modus Ponens
Checking for Analogy argument
Metaphor
Composition
31. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Definitional (Stasis)
Correctio
Narrative
Gorgias
32. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Quantitative (significance)
Unequivocal
(Argument from) Narrative
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
33. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'
(Argument from) Sign
Cost
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Plato
34. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Consistency
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Syllogism
Appeal to Authority
35. 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
Plato
Anadiplosis
Tools of Refutation
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
36. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Cost
Good Will (Ethos)
Modus Tollens
Charisma
37. Set two things in opposition
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Unsound
Antithesis
38. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
False Dichotomy
Conceding Arguments
Status
Accident
39. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Hasty Generalization
Testimony
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
40. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Checking for Testimony argument
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Division
41. 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
(Argument by) Analogy
Rhetoric
Consistency
Antithesis
42. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Protagoras
Popular Democracy
Metaphor
Composition
43. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Commonplaces
(Argument from) Narrative
Epistrophe
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
44. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Charisma
Unrepresentative Sample
Division
45. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties
Checking for Analogy argument
Deductive Reasoning
Agree on Commonality then refute
Disassociation of Concepts
46. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Rhetoric
Begging the Question
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Hyperbole
47. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Ethos
Mixed Metaphor
Unequivocal
Straw Person
48. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Begging the Question
Formal Debate
Anadiplosis
Locus of Existence
49. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)
Epistrophe
Mixed Metaphor
Attitudinal (inherency)
Intelligence
50. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Enthymeme
Sophist
Anadiplosis
Situationally flawed