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Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






2. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






3. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






4. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






5. 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






6. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






7. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






8. Metaphors use ____ and ____






9. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






10. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






11. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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






13. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






14. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






15. Term with higher (positive) value






16. An argument that follows proper logical form






17. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






18. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






19. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






20. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






21. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






22. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






23. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






24. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






25. Appeals from the character of the speaker






26. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






27. 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:






28. What vehicles and tenors share






29. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






30. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






32. 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






33. Good Moral Character






34. 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'






35. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






36. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






37. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






39. Ending repeated






40. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






41. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






42. 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?






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






44. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






45. Beginning repeated






46. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






47. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






48. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






49. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






50. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity







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