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1. Opposite of Hyperbole
Sophist
Litotes
Aristotle
Term I/Term II
2. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Refutation Strategies
Status
Formal Logic
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
3. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
False Charge of Fallacy
Qualitative (Stasis)
Argument
4. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Composition
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Grounds (or data)
Simile
5. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
6. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
First
Attitudinal (inherency)
Burden of proof
(Argument of ) General probability
7. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Direct Refutation
Equivocation
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
8. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Rhetoric
Prolepsis
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Enthymeme
9. 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
Epistrophe
Locus of Existence
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
10. Ending repeated
Litotes
Definitional (Stasis)
Epistrophe
Rhetoric
11. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Composition
Accident
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
12. 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
Value Hierarchies
Blame
Rhetoric
Tokenism
13. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Hasty Generalization
(Argument from) Testimony
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Rhetoric
14. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Non Sequitur
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Direct Refutation
Unrepresentative Sample
15. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Rhetoric
Quantitative (significance)
Appeal to Authority
Decision Rules
16. 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'
Begging the Question
Epistrophe
Ill
(Argument by) Example
17. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Appeal to Ignorance
Questionable Analogy
Plato
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
18. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Isocrates
Cliche
Exergasia
Ill
19. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Simile
Accident
Categorical (Syllogism)
20. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing
False Dichotomy
Burden of Rejoinder
Appeal to Authority
Personification
21. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Definitional (Stasis)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Special Topoi
Non Sequitur
22. Opposite of Anaphora
Epistrophe
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Appeal to Ignorance
Composition
23. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Cost
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Euphimism
24. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Qualitative (Stasis)
Aristotle
Tu Quoque
Presumption
25. Ask a rhetorical question
Claim
Erotema
Shifting the Burden of Proof
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
26. 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.
Example
Anaphora
Modus Tollens
Unrepresentative Sample
27. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le
Manufactroversy
Good Moral Character
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Second
28. 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
Ill
Toulmin Model
Aristotle
Categorical (Syllogism)
29. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)
Cost
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Stock Issues
Fallacy Fallacy
30. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses
Parallelism
(Fallacy of) Accident
Antithesis
Unrepresentative Sample
31. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Isocrates
Non Sequitur
32. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Gorgias
Tokenism
Euphimism
Locus of Essence
33. 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
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Enthymeme
Stock Issues
Decision Rules
34. Metaphors use ____ and ____
Decision Rules
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Checking for Example argument
Ethos
35. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Antithesis
Toulmin Model
Appeal to Authority
Tu Quoque
36. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Correctio
Testimony
Anaphora
37. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
Blame
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Checking for Analogy argument
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
38. 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
Equivocation
Tools of Refutation
Disassociation of Concepts
Litotes
39. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Equivocation
Narrative
Tu Quoque
40. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.
Begging the Question
Division
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Erotema
41. Deliberate correction
Sophist
Arguments
Correctio
Checking for Narrative argument
42. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
Categorical (Syllogism)
Fallacy Fallacy
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Narrative
43. 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
Composition
Simile
Common Practice (Fallacy)
44. Who developed the argument from general probability?
Corax
(Fallacy of) Accident
Anaphora
Sophist
45. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Mixed Metaphor
Conceding Arguments
Red Herring
Non Sequitur
46. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Anadiplosis
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Correctio
Term I/Term II
47. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Epanalepsis
Cliche
Common Practice (Fallacy)
48. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
(Fallacy of) Accident
Tools of Refutation
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Checking for Testimony argument
49. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Anaphora
Informal Debate
Loci of the Preferable
Parallelism
50. An argument with true premises and valid form
Sound
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Begging the Question
Protagoras