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1. Opposite of Epistrophe
Commonplaces
Anaphora
Loci of the Preferable
Appeal to Authority
2. Structure repeated
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Locus of Essence
Parallelism
3. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Ethos
Cost
Example
Locus of Quantity
4. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Hyperbole
Checking for Narrative argument
Red Herring
Refutation Potential
5. 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'
Definitional (Stasis)
Tisias
Begging the Question
(Argument from) Narrative
6. 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
Tisias
Popular Democracy
Small Sample
Consistency
7. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Exergasia
Commonplaces
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Appeal to Ignorance
8. Opposite of anadiplosis
Anaphora
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Disassociation of Concepts
Epanalepsis
9. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Questionable Analogy
Sophist
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
10. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Division
Tu Quoque
Corax
Informal Debate
11. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Good Will (Ethos)
Straw Person
Parallelism
Sound
12. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
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13. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Appeal to Authority
Erotema
Rhetoric
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
14. An argument with true premises and valid form
Sound
Good Moral Character
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Stasis
15. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Erotema
Consistency
Cost
16. The list that builds
Tu Quoque
Sign
Incrementum
Commonplaces
17. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Begging the Question
Modus Ponens
Arguments
Checking for Narrative argument
18. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
(Special Topoi for) Science
Blame
Anaphora
19. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Presumption
Direct Refutation
Stasis
20. 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?
Checking for Example argument
Refutation Strategies
Locus of Quantity
Ill
21. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.
Antithesis
Appeal to Authority
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Checking for Cause argement
22. If A then B A Therefore B
Modus Ponens
Direct Refutation
Checking for Analogy argument
(Argument from) Cause
23. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'
Modus Ponens
Epanalepsis
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Ad Hominem
24. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Epistrophe
Enthymeme
Division
Antithesis
25. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Parallelism
Agree on Commonality then refute
Non Sequitur
26. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
Sound
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
(Argument from) Narrative
Questionable Cause
27. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Parallelism
Personification
Categorical (Syllogism)
Protagoras
28. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Erotema
Formal Logic
Anaphora
29. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Refutation Potential
Epistrophe
Burden of proof
Euphimism
30. 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
Debate Resolutions
Sophist
Ill
(Argument by) Example
31. Opposite of Epanalepsis
Hasty Generalization
Anadiplosis
Begging the Question
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
32. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Narrative
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Litotes
Anadiplosis
33. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Correctio
Incrementum
Division
Appeal to Authority
34. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Rhetoric
Rhetoric
Special Topoi
Sophist
35. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Associated Commonplaces
Litotes
Erotema
Appeal to Ignorance
36. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
False Charge of Fallacy
Fallacy Fallacy
Ill
Associated Commonplaces
37. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Small Sample
(Argument from) Cause
Ad Populum
38. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Hasty Generalization
Division
Categorical (Syllogism)
Litotes
39. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Conjectural (Stasis)
Conceding Arguments
Rhetoric
Hyperbole
40. What vehicles and tenors share
Cliche
Associated Commonplaces
False Dichotomy
Loci of the Preferable
41. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Sign
Value Hierarchies
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
42. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Antithesis
Burden of Rejoinder
Hasty Generalization
Locus of Existence
43. 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.
Antithesis
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Straw Person
Conjectural (Stasis)
44. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Fallacy Fallacy
Arguments
Litotes
Attitudinal (inherency)
45. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Hyperbole
Ill
Loci of the Preferable
46. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Epistrophe
Small Sample
Anadiplosis
Appeal to Authority
47. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Status
Sign
Tu Quoque
Tokenism
48. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Second
(Argument from) Testimony
Prolepsis
Analogy
49. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument
Burden of proof
Turn
Correctio
Appeal to Authority
50. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change
Aristotle
Rhetoric
Checking for Testimony argument
Presumption