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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
(Argument from) Testimony
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Plato
(Fallacy of) Accident
2. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Antithesis
Anaphora
Epanalepsis
Appeal to Ignorance
3. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Debate Resolutions
Definitional (Stasis)
Commonplaces
Ad Hominem
4. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Appeal to Ignorance
Sophist
Quantitative (significance)
5. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Arguments
Associated Commonplaces
Anaphora
Metaphor
6. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Attitudinal (inherency)
Appeal to Authority
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Parallelism
7. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Commonplaces
Simile
Qualitative (Stasis)
Erotema
8. 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
Value-Oriented Arguments
Sign
Red Herring
Second
9. 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
Unequivocal
Tisias
Modus Ponens
Syllogism
10. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Refutation Strategies
Checking for Analogy argument
Tokenism
(Argument from) Sign
11. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Division
Ad Hominem
Ambiguity
Mercenary Scientists
12. 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)
Appeal to Ignorance
Formal Logic
Anaphora
13. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Hyperbole
Incrementum
Formal Logic
Equivocation
14. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Locus of Quantity
Parallelism
Emotionally Charged (Language)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
15. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Rhetoric
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Checking for Example argument
Consistency
16. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
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17. beginning repeated at ending
Division
Epanalepsis
False Charge of Fallacy
Tools of Refutation
18. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Loci of the Preferable
Ad Populum
Good Moral Character
Sign
19. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Litotes
Fallacies
Decorum
20. 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
Prolepsis
Associated Commonplaces
Testimony
21. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Locus of Quality
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Erotema
22. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Litotes
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Analogy
23. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.
Tisias
Cure
(Argument from) Narrative
Testimony
24. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Toulmin Model
Composition
False Dichotomy
Unrepresentative Sample
25. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
(Argument from) Cause
Second (or) Third
Burden of Rejoinder
Good Will (Ethos)
26. 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
Ad Hominem
(Argument by) Analogy
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
27. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Charisma
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Appeal to Ignorance
28. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Categorical (Syllogism)
Locus of Quality
Loci of the Preferable
Deductive Reasoning
29. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Claim
Unsound
(Argument by) Analogy
30. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Hasty Generalization
Metaphor
Stock Issues
Loci of the Preferable
31. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.
Metaphor
Straw Person
Unrepresentative Sample
Value-Oriented Arguments
32. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Anaphora
Good Will (Ethos)
Erotema
Incrementum
33. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'
(Argument from) Testimony
Division
Litotes
Locus of Quantity
34. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Turn
Euphimism
Quantitative (significance)
Good Moral Character
35. If A then B B Therefore - A
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Ill
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Cure
36. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Narrative
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Commonplaces
37. 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
Hyperbole
Euphimism
Incrementum
Decision Rules
38. 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
Argument
(Argument from) Cause
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
39. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Argument
Refutation Potential
Metaphor
Second
40. 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.
Stock Issues
Associated Commonplaces
Unrepresentative Sample
Narrative
41. If A then B A Therefore B
Cliche
Emotionally Charged (Language)
(Fallacy of) Accident
Modus Ponens
42. 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'
(Argument from) Narrative
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Term I/Term II
43. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Mixed Metaphor
Parallelism
Checking for Testimony argument
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
44. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses
Agree on Commonality then refute
Appeal to Authority
Parallelism
Exergasia
45. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Modus Tollens
Quantitative (significance)
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Litotes
46. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Epanalepsis
Non Sequitur
Grounds (or data)
Mixed Metaphor
47. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Associated Commonplaces
Erotema
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Enthymeme
48. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Value Hierarchies
Straw Person
Conceding Arguments
Agree on Commonality then refute
49. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
Syllogism
Cost
Refutation Potential
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
50. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Checking for Analogy argument
(Fallacy of) Accident
Litotes
Stasis