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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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2. beginning repeated at ending






3. Oppostite of Litotes






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






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






6. 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.






7. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






9. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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?






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






17. 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






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






19. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






20. 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'






21. What vehicles and tenors share






22. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






24. Opposite of Anaphora






25. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






26. 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






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






28. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






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






30. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






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






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






33. Term with higher (positive) value






34. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






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






36. Exaggeration






37. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






38. 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






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






40. Value Hierarchy Visualization






41. 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






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






43. Opposite of Epistrophe






44. After this - therefore on account of this






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






46. 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.






47. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






48. Opposite of anadiplosis






49. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






50. Good Moral Character