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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






2. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






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






5. 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'






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






7. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






8. Opposite of Epistrophe






9. Metaphors use ____ and ____






10. A or B Not A Therefore - B






11. 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






12. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






13. Circular Reasoning






14. Reasoning from case to case






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






16. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






17. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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






19. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






20. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






22. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






23. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






24. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






25. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






26. If A then B A Therefore B






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. Opposite of anadiplosis






29. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






30. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






31. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






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






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






34. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






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






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






37. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






39. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






40. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






47. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






48. Beginning repeated






49. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






50. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights







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