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Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ask a rhetorical question






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






3. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






4. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






5. 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'






6. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






7. 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'






8. If A then B B Therefore - A






9. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






10. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






11. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






12. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






13. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






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






15. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






16. Deliberate correction






17. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






19. 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.






20. Term with higher (positive) value






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






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






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






24. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






25. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






26. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






27. '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?






28. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






30. 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






31. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






32. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






33. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






34. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






36. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






37. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






38. 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'






39. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






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






41. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






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






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






44. 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






45. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






47. Ending repeated






48. An argument that follows proper logical form






49. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






50. 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