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Final Exam Flashcards

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Target Audience

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This group of people constitute who you are focuses on persuading

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Attitudes

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A relatively enduring set of beliefs around a person, group, idea, or event that predisposes an individual to respond in a particular way

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Belief

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The acceptance that something is true, even if we can’t prove that it is true

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Values

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A deeply held, stable conviction about what is good or bad, right or wrong with respect to human existence

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Burden of proof

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The obligation a persuasive speaker faces to provide sufficient reasons for changing what exists
Define terms

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Status Quo

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All of the laws, regulations, and attitudes that currently exist

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Claim of value

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This type of claim is concerned with what is right or wrong.

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Claim of policy

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This type of claim is concerned with laws or standards that should be changed
What should be done

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Claim of fact

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This type of claim is concerned with arguing what is or is not true, what does or does not exist.

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Ad Hominem

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What fallacy is being used when a speaker attacks the character of their opponent rather than the argument itself

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Bandwagon fallacy

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This fallacy suggest that something is correct or true because many other people agree with it or are doing it.

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Slippery slope fallacy

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This fallacy occurs when a speaker asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another on a steep decline toward disaster

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Appeal to authority

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An argument that rests on the assumption that because someone in authority says it is true, it must be so

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Red Herring

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The introduction or irrelevant information into an argument in an attempt to mask the real issue

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“Passage of the DREAM act would allow undocumented access to higher education” This statement is an example of what concept within toulmin’s model?

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Claim

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“According to many wildlife conservation organizations, the sea turtle population is decreasing by 15% every year” this is an example of what concept from Toulmin’s model?

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Evidence

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“People value access to higher education” this statement is an example of what concept within Toulmin’s Model?

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Warrant

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No argument is true always, nor is it never true. Admitting that there are exceptions to a rule is called?

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Qualifier

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What aspect of persuasion is harmed if you do not address Qualifiers?

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Credibility

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Addressing objections to an argument is called a ?

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Rebuttal

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What type of rebuttal addresses one argument with another?

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Counterarguments

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Appealing to a person through rational proofs such an inductive or deductive reasoning shows that use of what persuasive element?

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Logos

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Appealing to a person through a reliance on personal credibility shows the use of what persuasive element?

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Ethos

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Appealing to a person through the use of emotionally charged messages shows the use of what persuasive element?

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Pathos

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Causal reasoning

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The assertion that one condition causes another

26
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What logical fallacy can be associated with causal reasoning?

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False cause fallacy

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Attempting to clarify a complex situation by comparing them with situations more familiar to an audience is what kind of reasoning?

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Analogical reasoning

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Ethos

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Refers to credibility

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Pathos

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Appeals to emotion

30
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Logos

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Rational proofs you use to support the arguments you make in a persuasive speech

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Inductive reasoning

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from particular to general

32
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Deductive reasoning

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From general to specific

33
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Causal reasoning

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one condition beings about another

34
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Analogical reasoning

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compares unfamiliar to familiar

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Fallacy

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Unsound reasoning or evidence

36
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Against the person

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Ad hominem

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Others are doing it

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Bandwagon

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Disaster follows

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Slippery slope

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Appeal to authority

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must be true

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Introduce irrelevant information

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red herring

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Fact

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clear definitions creates ground we argue on

42
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Tulimon’s model:

Claims:

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statements

43
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How to organize claims of fact?

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Topical (topic), Spatial (location), Chronological (in time order)

44
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Tulimon’s model:

Warrants:

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links claims to evidence

45
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Tulimin’s model

Qualifiers

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Personal attack

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Tulimin’s model:

Rebuttals

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counter argument/ example

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