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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






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






3. Opposite of Hyperbole






4. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






5. beginning repeated at ending






6. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






7. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






8. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






9. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






10. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






11. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






12. The list that builds






13. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






14. Term with lower (negative) value






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






16. Ideas repeated






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






18. 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






19. 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'






20. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






21. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






22. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






24. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






25. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






26. Opposite of Anaphora






27. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






28. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






29. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






31. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






32. 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






33. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






34. 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.






35. Understatement






36. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






37. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






40. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






41. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






42. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






43. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






44. 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'






45. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






46. 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'






47. Appeals from the character of the speaker






48. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






49. 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.






50. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.