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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Opposite of Hyperbole






2. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






12. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






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






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






16. Reasoning from case to case






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






18. Term with lower (negative) value






19. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






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






22. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






23. Understatement






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






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






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






27. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






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






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






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






31. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






32. 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?






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






34. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






35. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






36. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






37. 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'






38. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






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






40. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






41. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






42. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






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






44. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






45. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






46. 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






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






48. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






49. Who developed the argument from general probability?






50. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity