7338930877 | Types of Arguments | Definition Ethics Evaluation Proposal Causation | 0 | |
7339433715 | paradigm | the structural frame work through which you view the universe | 1 | |
7339441636 | Rhetorical Situation | Persona Audience Purpose strategies | 2 | |
7339445773 | rhetorical | the art of persuasion | 3 | |
7339449663 | metonymy | when you substitute one thing for another through association Ex: the white house gave a press conference today | 4 | |
7523321756 | deliberative argument | we propose an action in the future | 5 | |
7523338322 | archetype | a symbol that transcends both time and culture | 6 | |
7523348930 | explicit | overt and obvious | 7 | |
7523354714 | implicit | meaning is implied, not directly said | 8 | |
7523363810 | TOA: Definition | what category does something go into | 9 | |
7523368758 | TOA: Evaluation | determining the worth of something to something else in the same category | 10 | |
7523377191 | TOA: Ethics | What the right course of action is | 11 | |
7523382024 | TOA: Proposal of Argument | what action we should take in the future | 12 | |
7523389728 | Cognitive dissonance | evidence that contradicts a belief you have | 13 | |
7523398531 | Continuum | line that allows us to place things in a middle area | 14 | |
7523401227 | logos | appeals to logic (facts) | 15 | |
7523406792 | forensics | an argument of the past that tries to prove through evidence some claim | 16 | |
7523411189 | ethos | appeals to ethics | 17 | |
7523415864 | claim | controversial and debatable statement | 18 | |
7523425997 | procatalepsis | Raising objections to argument and addressing them | 19 | |
7523433128 | qualifiers | limit your claim to be more reasonable | 20 | |
7523440444 | rebuttals | view opposing sides argument and decide whether it raises points that need to be rebutted | 21 | |
7523462339 | Irrelevance | opposing arguments doesn't apply to your point made | 22 | |
7523465456 | counterclaim | taking claim and showing opposing view | 23 | |
7523469416 | concession | admit opponent has strong point, doesn't invalidate argument | 24 | |
7523481535 | antangoge | unavoidable negative point next to positive one | 25 | |
7523493846 | refutation | bring up opposing views to show flaws in view/argument | 26 | |
7523500392 | ladder of abstraction | green= abstract yellow= reasoning pink= specifics | 27 | |
7523522805 | pathos | appeals to emotion | 28 | |
7523531478 | allegory | a story in which every element is symbolic | 29 | |
7523540448 | loaded language | a term to express words that have intense connotations that evoke strong emotional reactions | 30 | |
7523547909 | connotation | the emotional and conceptual attachments of a word | 31 | |
7523559750 | idealistic | cherishing or pursuit for noble principle | 32 | |
7523562405 | objectivity | seeing the world without bias | 33 | |
7523565344 | denotation | dictionary definition | 34 | |
7523570494 | semantics | the study of the meaning of words | 35 | |
7523572569 | pragmatic | philosophy in which you only do something for outcome | 36 | |
7523582059 | epigraph | writing on the surface | 37 | |
7523595138 | dialectal | both sides are present | 38 | |
7523597873 | subjectivity | seeing the world with bias | 39 | |
7523603579 | TOA: causation | arguing what events that led to another event and what they will lead to | 40 | |
7523609969 | premise | declarative statement used to support or prove the point of the argument | 41 | |
7523614539 | syllogism | set of connected statements that are meant to prove a particular conclusion | 42 | |
7523624312 | 1. Major premise 2. Minor premise | 1. High in level of abstraction 2. must fall lower than 1. | 43 | |
7523628767 | conclusion | idea that the premise proves | 44 | |
7523634653 | inductive reasoning | creates probably truth, not absolute truth | 45 | |
7523637720 | deductive reasoning | always true if the premises are true | 46 | |
7523640737 | reasoning | gathering meaning and drawing conclusion and arrives at objective truth | 47 | |
7523645736 | warrant | reasoning | 48 | |
7523653811 | syntactical structure | physical structure | 49 | |
7523658119 | tropes | shape meanings of sentences | 50 | |
7523660175 | antithesis | contrasting any of the different parts of a statement (redefine) | 51 | |
7523665304 | parallelism | same structure for multiple parts of a sentence or multiple sentences | 52 | |
7523669552 | syntax | arrangements of elements in a sentence | 53 | |
7523676331 | asyndeton | leaves out conjunctions in non-standard ways | 54 | |
7523678398 | anasiplosis | takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it as first words in a new sentence | 55 | |
7523685447 | motif | a repeated element in a piece of art | 56 | |
7523693686 | euphemism | softening of language (hide ugly realities and rename something to show new view) | 57 |
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