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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






2. If A then B A Therefore B






3. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






4. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






5. Deliberate correction






6. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






7. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






8. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






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






10. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






11. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






12. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






13. Metaphors use ____ and ____






14. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole






15. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






16. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






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






18. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






19. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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20. Oppostite of Litotes






21. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






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






23. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






24. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






25. Opposite of Epanalepsis






26. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






27. 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






28. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






30. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






31. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






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






33. 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.






34. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






35. 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'






36. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






37. Ask a rhetorical question






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






39. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






40. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






41. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






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






43. 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?






44. Term with lower (negative) value






45. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






46. An argument that follows proper logical form






47. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






48. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






49. 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






50. What vehicles and tenors share







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