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1. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Procedural (Stasis)
Metaphor
Isocrates
Modus Tollens
2. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Disassociation of Concepts
Simile
Valid
Locus of Existence
3. Beginning repeated
(Argument from) Sign
Checking for Example argument
Anaphora
Tokenism
4. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Sign
Warrant
Conjectural (Stasis)
Enthymeme
5. After this - therefore on account of this
Begging the Question
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
6. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Euphimism
Modus Ponens
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Appeal to Ignorance
7. Exaggeration
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Plato
Enthymeme
Hyperbole
8. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Locus of Existence
Cure
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Litotes
9. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Commonplaces
Ethos
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
10. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Epistrophe
Blame
Checking for Cause argement
Refutation Potential
11. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Good Will (Ethos)
Epistrophe
Checking for Cause argement
Hasty Generalization
12. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Modus Tollens
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
13. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Incrementum
Rhetoric
Locus of Quality
Debate Resolutions
14. Opposite of Anaphora
Cliche
Erotema
Epistrophe
Hyperbole
15. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Rhetoric
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Fallacies
16. 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'
Quantitative (significance)
(Argument by) Analogy
Argument
Tu Quoque
17. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Appeal to Ignorance
Exergasia
Conceding Arguments
Small Sample
18. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Red Herring
Exergasia
Procedural (Stasis)
(Argument by) Example
19. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Anaphora
Charisma
Fallacies
Decorum
20. Circular Reasoning
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Testimony
Begging the Question
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
21. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population
Small Sample
Epistrophe
Checking for Sign argument
Popular Democracy
22. 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
Small Sample
Manufactroversy
Analogy
(Argument from) Narrative
23. Term with higher (positive) value
Formal Logic
Turn
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
24. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)
Hyperbole
Tu Quoque
Warrant
Argument
25. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Appeal to Authority
Grounds (or data)
Good Moral Character
Valid
26. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Example
Arguments
Ambiguity
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
27. Who developed the argument from general probability?
Corax
Prolepsis
Small Sample
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
28. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Ill
Burden of proof
Fallacy Fallacy
Prolepsis
29. If A then B B Therefore - A
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Ethos
Unsound
Exergasia
30. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
(Fallacy of) Accident
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Straw Person
31. What vehicles and tenors share
Associated Commonplaces
Checking for Testimony argument
Parallelism
Hasty Generalization
32. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties
Anaphora
Deductive Reasoning
(Argument from) Narrative
Attitudinal (inherency)
33. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Term I/Term II
Isocrates
Accident
Special Topoi
34. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.
Ad Populum
Debate Resolutions
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Charisma
35. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Incrementum
Correctio
Hasty Generalization
36. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Unrepresentative Sample
Ad Populum
Metaphor
Blame
37. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'
Checking for Analogy argument
Anaphora
Arguments
Gorgias
38. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Metaphor
Sign
Checking for Example argument
Litotes
39. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Decorum
Straw Person
Prolepsis
40. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Sign
Ad Hominem
Intelligence
Qualitative (Stasis)
41. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
Ambiguity
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Refutation Strategies
Epanalepsis
42. 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
Isocrates
Checking for Testimony argument
Metaphor
Rhetoric
43. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Erotema
(Argument by) Example
Hyperbole
Prolepsis
44. 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
(Argument by) Example
Decision Rules
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
45. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Protagoras
Anadiplosis
Refutation
Enthymeme
46. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:
False Charge of Fallacy
Consistency
Blame
(Argument from) Narrative
47. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Anaphora
Modus Tollens
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Hyperbole
48. 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?
Mixed Metaphor
Checking for Analogy argument
Litotes
Testimony
49. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing
Begging the Question
Claim
Testimony
Categorical (Syllogism)
50. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Euphimism
Parallelism
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
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