Quiz 1

Question 1

Language used to motivate, inspire, inform, or persuade readers and/ or listeners; used in argument

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Rhetoric

Question 2

Figures of speech and other literary devices used in rhetoric

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Rhetorical Devices

Question 3

List Parts of an Argument and their meanings

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Claim: your position
Support: data, references, facts, statistics
Warrant: connection between support + claim
Logic: how well was connection between claim + support
Think about the Audience

Question 4

List the 3 Types of Claims and their meanings

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Fact: factual + data
Value: Judgement
Policy: Should or should nots

Question 5

7List the 2 Types of Support

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Factual: data and studies
Expert Opinion

Question 6

List the parts of Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle

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Logos: Logic; the arguments you are making
Pathos: Empathy; the emotion you elicit from your audience
Ethos: your credibility; does speaker use sound logic, good sources, and honest presentation of topic

Question 7

The concept of assumption that ties data to your thesis; the point you are trying to make about the thesis; reasons/ reasoning; logic

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Warrant

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What to look for when evaluating Evidence

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is it current, sufficient, relevant, representative, consistent with audience’s experience, does it stray from credible sources, is it clearly defined

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Another word for Inductive Logic

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Informal Logic

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Take smaller premise to come to a large conclusion; conclusion is built on lower/ smaller observations

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Inductive Logic

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The jump from premises to conclusions

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Inductive Leap

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Begin with major, all-encompassing premise first; have a second smaller one that depends on the first premise; first relationship between premises must be sound for conclusion to be sound

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Deductive Logic

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System of reasoning involving three proposition

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Syllogism

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The parts of syllogism

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Major Premise
Minor Premise
Conclusion

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Specific errors in reasoning that arise in the flow of inductive and deductive logic; problematic jump in your conclusion

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Logical Fallacies

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Defects that weaken an argument

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Fallacies

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Meaning of ad populum

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to the people

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Arguer takes advantage of the desire most people have to be liked and to fit in with others and uses that desire to get the audience to accept their argument

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Ad Populum

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Common type of Ad Populum

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Bandwagon

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Arguer tries to convince audience to do. believe something because everyone else supposedly does

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Bandwagon

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Arguer sets up situation so it looks like only two choices then eliminates one choice so it seems that there is only one option; this option is what arguer wanted you to originally pick

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False Dichotomy

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Making assumptions on a group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate; usually it is atypical or just too small

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Hasty Generalization

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Applies an assumption to all cases without recognizing any possible exceptions

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Sweeping Generalization

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What does post hoc, ergo proptor hoc

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after this, therefore because of this

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What is post hoc also known as

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False Cause

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Assuming that because b comes after a, a must have caused b

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Post Hoc/ False Cause

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Relying on an analogy between 2 or more objects, ideas, or situations; if 2 things being compared aren't alike in their relevant respects, analogy is a weak one causing logical fallacy

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Weak Analogy

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We add strength to argument by referring to respected sources/ authority and explaining their position on issue being discussed

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Appeal to Authority

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Takes place when arguer tries to get people to accept a conclusion by making them feel sorry for someone

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Appeal to Pity

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Logical fallacy based on time

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Appeal to Chronology

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Based on age; something is good or better because it is older and proven

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Appeal to Tradition

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Something is somehow better solely because it is new; newness is evidence of truth

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Appeal to Novelty

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Ad Hominem meaning

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Against the person

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Tu quoque meaning

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And you too!

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Conclusion usually is that you shouldn't believe another's argument; attacking the person themself rather than their argument

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Ad Hominem

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Arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction, usually ending in a dire consequence, will take place, but there isn't enough evidence for the assumption; inevitable consequences

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Slippery Slope

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Asks the reader to simply accept the conclusion without real evidence; relies on premise (says same thing as conclusion) or ignore an important (but questionable) assumption that the argument rests on

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Begging the Question/ Circular Logic

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Partway between argument, arguer goes off on tangent, raising side issue that distracts audience from what's really at stake; arguer never returns to the original issue

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Red Herring

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When a speaker/ writer addresses an opposing view or speaker and attacks their argument or character

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Attack

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The presentation of only one side of an issue or viewpoint and is used subjectively to influence an audience

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Bias

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Using the ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes to create certain emotional responses in an audience

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Connotation

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Using an exact or precise meaning of a word, not an implies idea

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Denotation

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Establishes authority and reliability and is used to gain the confidence and trust of the audience

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Ethos

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The representation of something as greater than is the case and is used to grab the attention of the audience and emphasize certain points

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Exaggeration

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Uses facts or information that indicate whether a view is true or valid and is used to give weight to an argument or belief

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Evidence

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Creates imagery and express things non-literally; can help make an idea more emotive, vivid and convincing

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Figurative Language

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Infers that a claim is true for most people and is used to speak to prevailing beliefs or prejudices of an audience

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Generalization

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Special words or expressions used by a profession or certain groups; used to signal expertise and establish credibility

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Jargon

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Language like we or us to get a reader to agree with a claim

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Inclusive Language

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Words charged with an underlying meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience

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Loaded Words

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Involved thinking and forming judgements logically; used to appeal to the rationality of an audience

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Logos

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Includes feelings accentuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc.; an appeal to emotion is used to engage with an audience and create an emotional response

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Pathos

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The recurrence of certain words or phrases and is used to emphasize certain ideas making them more memorable

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Repetition

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Statements which are voiced as questions but are not expected to be answered; used to imply certain answers and draw audiences to certain conclusions

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Rhetorical Questions

Question 55

Uses groups of three adjectives or phrases to make an idea memorable

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Rule of Three