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1. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?
Checking for Narrative argument
Simile
(Argument by) Analogy
Example
2. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Ad Hominem
Debate Resolutions
Good Moral Character
Personification
3. 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
Deductive Reasoning
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
(Argument by) Analogy
Burden of Rejoinder
4. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Litotes
Correctio
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Incrementum
5. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Warrant
Good Moral Character
Claim
6. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Enthymeme
Consistency
Locus of Existence
Division
7. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Value-Oriented Arguments
Non Sequitur
Hasty Generalization
Commonplaces
8. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.
Antithesis
Example
Begging the Question
Stasis
9. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Stasis
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Euphimism
10. Metaphors use ____ and ____
Tools of Refutation
Vehicle (and) Tenor
(Argument by) Analogy
Epistrophe
11. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Rhetoric
Consistency
Ill
Fallacies
12. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Claim
Fallacy Fallacy
Valid
Analogy
13. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'
(Argument from) Cause
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
(Argument from) Narrative
14. Who developed the argument from general probability?
Personification
Corax
Narrative
Structural (inherency)
15. Opposite of Epanalepsis
Anadiplosis
Locus of Quality
Claim
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
16. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Unrepresentative Sample
Locus of Existence
Structural (inherency)
17. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
Checking for Analogy argument
Cure
Exergasia
Narrative
18. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change
Anadiplosis
Rhetoric
Manufactroversy
Presumption
19. 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
Tokenism
Stasis
Rhetoric
Cost
20. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Antithesis
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Cost
21. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Commonplaces
Ad Populum
Plato
Burden of Rejoinder
22. 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
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Burden of Rejoinder
Straw Person
Appeal to Ignorance
23. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Analogy
Consistency
Division
Charisma
24. 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
Tokenism
Blame
Decision Rules
Exergasia
25. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Conceding Arguments
Blame
Cliche
Formal Debate
26. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Direct Refutation
Appeal to Ignorance
Plato
Valid
27. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Structural (inherency)
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Plato
28. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Analogy
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Formal Logic
29. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'
Formal Logic
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Anaphora
(Argument by) Example
30. Understatement
(Argument from) Sign
Litotes
Prolepsis
Checking for Sign argument
31. Exaggeration
Locus of Essence
Antithesis
Hyperbole
Division
32. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed
Plato
Situationally flawed
Epistrophe
Epistrophe
33. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Tokenism
Second
Begging the Question
Appeal to Ignorance
34. If A then B A Therefore B
Grounds (or data)
Personification
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Modus Ponens
35. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Checking for Example argument
Division
Protagoras
Ill
36. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Metaphor
Anaphora
Litotes
Loci of the Preferable
37. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'
Non Sequitur
Checking for Narrative argument
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Decision Rules
38. 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'
Consistency
Status
Tu Quoque
Hasty Generalization
39. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
False Charge of Fallacy
Red Herring
Tools of Refutation
Presumption
40. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Epistrophe
Small Sample
(Argument by) Example
Antithesis
41. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Ethos
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Tokenism
Anadiplosis
42. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Erotema
Anaphora
Antithesis
Appeal to Authority
43. 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.
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Epanalepsis
Appeal to Authority
Checking for Testimony argument
44. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Appeal to Authority
Procedural (Stasis)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
45. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Checking for Sign argument
Categorical (Syllogism)
Procedural (Stasis)
Sophist
46. Value Hierarchy Visualization
Syllogism
Term I/Term II
Charisma
Good Moral Character
47. Term with lower (negative) value
Sound
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Decorum
Formal Debate
48. 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
Hasty Generalization
Good Moral Character
Composition
Analogy
49. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Rhetoric
Simile
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Quantitative (significance)
50. What vehicles and tenors share
Associated Commonplaces
Red Herring
First
Small Sample
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