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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






2. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






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






4. The list that builds






5. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






7. An argument with true premises and valid form






8. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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






11. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






12. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






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






15. Term with lower (negative) value






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






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






18. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






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






20. Value Hierarchy Visualization






21. Set two things in opposition






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


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






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






25. 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






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






27. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






28. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






33. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






34. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






35. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






36. 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'






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






38. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






41. Ending repeated






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






47. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






48. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






50. Opposite of Epistrophe