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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Argument
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Unsound
Term I/Term II
2. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Fallacies
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Aristotle
Gorgias
3. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Unequivocal
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Good Moral Character
4. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Grounds (or data)
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Plato
Anaphora
5. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)
Locus of Quantity
Stock Issues
Tu Quoque
Status
6. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Special Topoi
Gorgias
Correctio
Epistrophe
7. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Division
Narrative
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
(Argument from) Narrative
8. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Conceding Arguments
Valid
(Fallacy of) Accident
(Argument by) Analogy
9. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
False Charge of Fallacy
Sophist
Modus Tollens
Fallacies
10. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.
Antithesis
Sign
Burden of Rejoinder
Popular Democracy
11. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Refutation Strategies
Decorum
Non Sequitur
Argument
12. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?
Testimony
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Mixed Metaphor
13. 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
(Argument by) Analogy
Valid
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
14. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
False Dichotomy
Hasty Generalization
Ethos
15. Set two things in opposition
Antithesis
Narrative
Toulmin Model
First
16. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Categorical (Syllogism)
Gorgias
(Argument from) Testimony
Burden of Rejoinder
17. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Enthymeme
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Ambiguity
Simile
18. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Litotes
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Sophist
19. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises
Antithesis
Syllogism
Definitional (Stasis)
Second
20. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category
Non Sequitur
Commonplaces
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Ad Hominem
21. Circular Reasoning
Begging the Question
Sign
Checking for Testimony argument
Example
22. 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
Categorical (Syllogism)
Checking for Analogy argument
Appeal to Authority
Loci of the Preferable
23. Opposite of anadiplosis
Categorical (Syllogism)
Epanalepsis
Turn
Term I/Term II
24. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Ambiguity
Cliche
Hyperbole
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
25. 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
Questionable Analogy
Special Topoi
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Red Herring
26. If A then B A Therefore B
False Dichotomy
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Modus Ponens
Value-Oriented Arguments
27. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Modus Tollens
(Fallacy of) Accident
Locus of Existence
(Argument from) Narrative
28. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Quantitative (significance)
Ill
Anaphora
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
29. 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
Accident
Ill
Claim
Sophist
30. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Agree on Commonality then refute
Cure
Enthymeme
31. 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'
Tu Quoque
Composition
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Unrepresentative Sample
32. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Rhetoric
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Plato
Blame
33. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
Arguments
Narrative
Stasis
Mercenary Scientists
34. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Anaphora
Syllogism
First
Sign
35. 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.
Attitudinal (inherency)
Begging the Question
Appeal to Authority
Quantitative (significance)
36. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Consistency
Toulmin Model
37. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Term I/Term II
Hyperbole
Anadiplosis
Antithesis
38. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Common Practice (Fallacy)
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Mercenary Scientists
Metaphor
39. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Composition
Questionable Analogy
Epanalepsis
Rhetoric
40. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Exergasia
Parallelism
Structural (inherency)
Epanalepsis
41. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing
Metaphor
Qualitative (Stasis)
Hyperbole
Personification
42. An argument that follows proper logical form
Appeal to Ignorance
Informal Debate
Decorum
Valid
43. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)
Sign
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Narrative
Charisma
44. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Non Sequitur
Euphimism
Checking for Narrative argument
45. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Value-Oriented Arguments
Composition
Tu Quoque
Special Topoi
46. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Qualitative (Stasis)
Epistrophe
Questionable Cause
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
47. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.
Rhetoric
Appeal to Authority
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
48. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?
Prolepsis
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Checking for Sign argument
49. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Conceding Arguments
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Fallacies
Direct Refutation
50. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
(Argument from) Sign
Commonplaces
Tokenism
Categorical (Syllogism)