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8050886132EthosEthical appeal, to convince the audience of the author's credibility or character.0
8050886133Pathos (emotion)The emotional appeal to an audience in an argument.1
8050886134Logos (logical appeal)a way of persuading an audience through reasoning by offering them facts, statistics, and examples.2
8050886135What is the s stand for in soapstone?Speaker3
8050886136What does o stand for in soapstone?Occasion4
8050886137What does a stand for in soapstone?Audience5
8050886138What does the p stand for in soapstonePurpose6
8050886139What does the second s in soapstone stand for?Subject7
8050886140What does the t stand for in soapstoneTone8
8050886141RhetoricThe art of using language effectively and persuasively9
8050886142claim of factsconcerning what is or is not true10
8050886143Claim of value means?What something is worth or morality11
8050886144Claim of policy means?Answers the question - What should be done?12
8050886145red herring fallacyirrelevant information is used to divert the direction of the argument13
8050886146ad hominem fallacywhen speakers attack the person making the argument and not the argument itself14
8050886147false dilemma fallacyif you claim that there are only two possible choices to address a problem15
8050886148Strawman FallacyMisrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack16
8050886149hasty generalization fallacyerror of drawing a conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence17
8050886150Circular reasoningReasoning that ends and begins in the same place. No evidence is offered18
8050886151post hoc ergo propter hocMistaken notion that one thing happens after another, the first event was a cause of the second event19
8050886152False authorityClaiming something is tue because it is lived by someone who said is to be an "authority" on the subject20
8050886153BandwagonKnowing you could be rejected by peers for decision21
8050886154inductive reasoningThe bottom up approach, requires more see fix observation to generalizations and theories22
8050886155deductive reasoningIs always certain and complete, top to down approach23
8050886156Toulmin ModelAn approach to analyzing and constructing arguments created by British philosopher Stephen Toulmin.24
8050886157What are the parts of a toulmin model?Evidence, assumption, qualifier, reservation, claim25
8050886158Toulmin model set up?Because (evidence as support), therefore (claim), since (assumption), on account (backing), unless (reservation)26
8050886159DataFacts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.27
8050886160claimsStatement being argued28
8050886161WarrantsThe General, hypothetical, local statements, that serves as a bridge between the claim and data, makes a qualifier (similar to the qualifier)29
8050886162QualifiersStatements that limit the strength of the argument that propose the conditions under which the argument is true30
8050886163RebuttalsCounter arguments (unless it has a hole in it) rain reference31
8050886164Backing statementsStatements that serve to support the warrants, supports assumption32

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