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1. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Second
Value-Oriented Arguments
Isocrates
Epistrophe
2. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Cost
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Epanalepsis
3. Term with higher (positive) value
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Antithesis
Epistrophe
Presumption
4. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Plato
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Refutation
Categorical (Syllogism)
5. 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?
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
(Argument from) Sign
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Checking for Sign argument
6. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Blame
Mixed Metaphor
Epistrophe
7. 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
Anadiplosis
Small Sample
Second
Intelligence
8. 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
Analogy
Division
Tools of Refutation
Argument
9. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?
Associated Commonplaces
Warrant
Corax
Second (or) Third
10. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Second
Erotema
Disassociation of Concepts
Locus of Quantity
11. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.
Euphimism
Cure
Anaphora
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
12. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
First
Procedural (Stasis)
Narrative
(Argument from) Cause
13. Who developed the argument from general probability?
Appeal to Ignorance
(Argument from) Cause
Corax
Procedural (Stasis)
14. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Metaphor
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Unequivocal
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
15. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.
Ad Populum
Narrative
Sound
Exergasia
16. An argument with true premises and valid form
Corax
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Agree on Commonality then refute
Sound
17. Exaggeration
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Rhetoric
Hyperbole
Parallelism
18. 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'
Agree on Commonality then refute
Tokenism
Tu Quoque
Burden of Rejoinder
19. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Ill
Epanalepsis
Mixed Metaphor
(Argument of ) General probability
20. 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
Tu Quoque
Rhetoric
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Enthymeme
21. beginning repeated at ending
Refutation
Consistency
Structural (inherency)
Epanalepsis
22. If A then B B Therefore - A
Epistrophe
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Disassociation of Concepts
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
23. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.
Epanalepsis
Popular Democracy
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Small Sample
24. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Checking for Narrative argument
Attitudinal (inherency)
Enthymeme
25. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Parallelism
Division
Turn
Refutation
26. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Sign
Begging the Question
Anadiplosis
Hyperbole
27. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Begging the Question
Exergasia
Grounds (or data)
Structural (inherency)
28. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Definitional (Stasis)
Archetypal (Metaphor)
(Argument by) Analogy
29. Opposite of Hyperbole
Second
Litotes
Example
Unsound
30. 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.
Hyperbole
Debate Resolutions
Categorical (Syllogism)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
31. Ending repeated
Epistrophe
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Parallelism
First
32. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Good Will (Ethos)
Ill
Locus of Quality
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
33. 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
Situationally flawed
Procedural (Stasis)
Checking for Example argument
Parallelism
34. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Epanalepsis
Ambiguity
Second (or) Third
Emotionally Charged (Language)
35. Value Hierarchy Visualization
Composition
Term I/Term II
Locus of Essence
Begging the Question
36. Opposite of Epistrophe
Anaphora
Locus of Quantity
Disassociation of Concepts
Exergasia
37. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Prolepsis
Refutation Potential
Checking for Analogy argument
Tokenism
38. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing
(Argument by) Analogy
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Exergasia
Claim
39. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
First
Metaphor
Ethos
Hyperbole
40. 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.
Arguments
Appeal to Authority
Ad Hominem
Euphimism
41. 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.
Straw Person
Plato
Cost
First
42. Appeals from the character of the speaker
Valid
Ethos
Sign
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
43. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Epistrophe
Qualitative (Stasis)
Tu Quoque
44. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
Analogy
Questionable Cause
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
45. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Definitional (Stasis)
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Composition
Tokenism
46. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court
Anadiplosis
Ambiguity
(Argument of ) General probability
Tisias
47. Set two things in opposition
Questionable Analogy
Decorum
Mixed Metaphor
Antithesis
48. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?
Attitudinal (inherency)
Testimony
Tisias
Disassociation of Concepts
49. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.
(Argument from) Cause
Euphimism
Stasis
Begging the Question
50. 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?
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Quantitative (significance)
Checking for Example argument
Appeal to Authority