ILRLR 3300 Argumentation & Debate Textbook Terms Questions And Answers

ILRLR 3300 Argumentation & Debate
Textbook Terms Questions And Answers

Awfortioriwargumentw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Typewofwliteralwanalogywthatwassertswthatwwhatwiswtruewofwitswevidencewcasewiswevenwmorewli
kelyworwevenwlesswlikelywtowbewtruewofwitswconclusionwcase.

Example:wWewthoughtwfatwwaswbad,wturnswoutwsugarwiswevenwworse,wsowwewhavewtowtreatwit
waswsuch




Acceptancew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Possiblewresponsewtowanwargumentw-
wtowacceptwitwaswpresentedw(findwitwpersuasive,worwatwleastwlackingwinwanywmajorwflaw)




Accessibilityw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Testwofwevidencew-wavailability

Adwhominemwfallacyw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Anwintentionalweffortwtowattackwawpersonwratherwthanwanwargument,wbywdamagingwanwoppon
ent'swcharacterworwreputationworwbywengagingwinwname-callingwandwlabeling

Adwpopulumwfallacyw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Awfallacyw-
wappealingwtowthewaudiencewandwitswinterestswratherwthanwtowthewmeritswofwthewargument




Adequacyw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Testwofwevidencew-
wiswitwsufficientwtowsupportwthewclaim?




Advocacyw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Promotingworwopposingwanwideawinwpublicwsettings

Affirmativewcasew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Inwpolicywdebate,wawserieswofwargumentswchallengingwthewstatuswquo

Ambiguityw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Morewthanwonewmeaningwofwawwordworwphrasewinwawsinglewcontext

Analogyw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Forwthewsakewofwsupportingwawclaim,wawcomparisonwofwsomethingwwithwwhichwwewarewfamili
arwtowsomethingwwithwwhichwwewarewlesswfamiliar,worwaboutwwhichwwewhavewsomewquestion

Antecedentw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
"If"wclausewinwawconditionalwstatement;w"thatwwhichwcomeswbefore"

,Appealw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Awpersuasivewstrategywdirectedwtowthewaudience'swemotions,wsensewofwhumor,worwdeeplywh
eldwloyaltieswandwcommitments

Appealwtowauthorityw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Anwappealwthatwurgeswcompliancewwithwthewdirectivewofwawperson,wgroup,worwdocumentwpo
ssessingwpower

Arguingwcomparativewadvantagew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Awresponsewtowawpragmaticwargumentworwpolicywproposal;wArguingwthatwanwalternativewcou
rsewofwactionwcarrieswgreaterwpracticalwadvantageswthanwthewproposedwplanwdoes

Arguingwfromwcorrelationwalonew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Awfallacyw-
wassumingwcausationwwhenwtherewiswonlywcorrelation




Arguingwfromwignorancew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Awfallacyw-
wFalselywassumingwthatwawconclusionwcanwbewreachedwonwthewbasiswofwthewabsencewofwevi

dence.wOnewformwofwthiswargumentwassumedwthatwbecausewsomethingwhaswnotwbeenwdispr
oved,witwhaswthereforewbeenwproved.

Arguingwfromwsuccessionwalonew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-Awfallacyw-
wattributingwcausewsimplywonwthewbasiswofwoneweventwprecedingwanother.wAlsowcalledw"argu

ingwpostwhoc,"w-->w"afterwthis,wthereforewbecausewofwthis"

Argumentw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Awclaimwadvancedwwithwawreasonworwreasonswinwitswsupport

Argumentwfromwdirectionw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwstringswtogetherwtwoworwmorewconditionalwstatementswtowpredictwawremotewr
esultwfromwawfirstwstep.

Example:wIfwgunswarewregisteredw--
>wnowgunwownerwwillwbewsafewfromwthewthreatwofwconfiscation
Whenwgunswarewtakenwfromwprivatewcitizensw--
>wtheywwillwhavewnowdefensewagainstwawgov'twintentwonwdenyingwotherwfreedoms
Thus,wlawswthatwrequirewregistrationwofwgunswarewthewfirstwstepwtowardwdictatorship

Argumentwfromwexamplew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwdrawswawconclusionwaboutwanwentirewclasswofwobjectsworweventswbasedwonw
awparticularwinstanceworwawlimitedwnumberwofwcases,wratherwthanwaboutwawsinglewmemberwo
fwawgroup.

AKAwgeneralization

, Argumentwfromwfunctionw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwlocateswthewessentialwnaturewofwanwobject,wevent,worwinstitutionwinwitswsocialw
orwnaturalwfunction

(contrastwwithwanwargumentwfromwintent)

Argumentwfromwintentw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwaffirmswthatwthewmeaningworwessentialwnaturewofwanwobjectworwdocumentwisw
revealedwinwthewintendedwmeaningwofwitswauthorsworwdesigners

(contrastwwithwanwargumentwfromwfunction)

Argumentwfromwprinciplew-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwaffirmswthatwwewshouldwabidewbywvalues,wprinciples,wandwduties,wandwavoidw
actionswthatwviolatewthewsame

Argumentwfromwqualityw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwaffirmswthewinherentwvaluewinwthewunique,wthewbeautiful,wthewrare,worwthewun
usual

Argumentwfromwquantityw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwaffirmswnumericalwconsiderationswaswanwindexwofwsignificane

Argumentwfromwsignw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Argumentwthatwreasonswfromwanweffectwbackwtowawcause

(notwnecessarilywbackwardswreasoning)

Argumentwvirtuesw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Moralwqualitieswandwskillswthatwhelpwpeoplewthinkwandwactwmorallywinwanwargumentativewsitu
ation,wandwthuswpursuewargumentationwinwawmannerwthatwpromoteswandwimproveswitswpract
ices

Argumentationw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Thewcooperativewactivitywofwdevelopingwandwadvancingwargumentswandwofwrespondingwtowt
hewargumentswofwothers

Argumentativewcontextsw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Thewspaces,wvenues,wandwrelationshipswinwwhichwargumentswarewmadewandwheard

Argumentativewdefinitionw-wCORRECTwwANSWER-
Awdefinitionwemployedwstrategicallywtowcategorizewanwobjectworweventwsowaswtowsupportwawp
articularwconclusionwtowanwargument