Chapters 4 & 5

Question 1

Interested Party

Answer 1

Person who stands to gain from belief in claim

Question 2

Disinterested Party

Answer 2

No stake in beliefs (more credible)

Question 3

Initial Plausibility

Answer 3

Rough assessment of how credible claim seems to be

Question 4

Rhetoric

Answer 4

Persuasive writing

Question 5

Slanters

Answer 5

Used primarily to give statement pos/neg slant regarding subject

Question 6

Euphemism

Answer 6

Neutral/positive expression instead of one that carries negative associations

Question 7

Dysphemism

Answer 7

Produce negative effect on attitude towards something or to tone down positive associations it may have

Question 8

Rhetorical Definition/Explanation

Answer 8

Emotively charged language to express or elicit attitude about something

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

Getting a point across w/o explicitly committing oneself to it

Question 10

Loaded Question

Answer 10

Rests on one or more unwarranted/unjustified assumptions

Question 11

Weaseler

Answer 11

Hedging a bet; Help protect claim from criticism, weakens it, and supplies way out

Question 12

Downplayers

Answer 12

Attempt to make someone/something look less important/significant

Question 13

Horse Laugh

Answer 13

Ridicule-jokes, sarcasm, making fun

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

Extravagant overstatement (pure persuasion)

Question 15

Proof Surrogate

Answer 15

Used to suggest evidence/authority for claim w/o citing such evidence/authority

Question 16

Rhetorical Analogy

Answer 16

Comparison of two things or likening of one thing to another in order to make one appear better/worse than it might be