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Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






2. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






3. Deliberate correction






4. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






5. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






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






7. beginning repeated at ending






8. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






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






11. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






14. 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.






15. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






16. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






17. 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'






18. 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






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






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






21. Reasoning from case to case






22. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






24. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






25. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






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






28. Good Moral Character






29. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






34. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






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






36. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






37. If A then B A Therefore B






38. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






39. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






40. 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






41. Term with higher (positive) value






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






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






44. Circular Reasoning






45. Value Hierarchy Visualization






46. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






47. The list that builds






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






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






50. Opposite of Epistrophe






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