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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






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






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






4. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






6. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






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






9. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






11. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






13. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






15. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






16. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






17. 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






18. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






21. Ask a rhetorical question






22. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






23. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






25. 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.






26. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






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






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






29. Term with higher (positive) value






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






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






32. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






33. Opposite of Hyperbole






34. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






35. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






37. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






38. beginning repeated at ending






39. 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






40. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






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






42. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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






44. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






46. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






47. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






48. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






49. What vehicles and tenors share






50. Opposite of Epanalepsis