Argument Organizational Structure
This structure originated with Aristotle.
What is Classical?
This type of argument is made to establish the characteristics of something or a concept.
What is definition?
This causal argument sets up a situation in which the specific cause is integral to the subsequent effect.
What is necessary cause?
This theory is explains the personal response a person has about a decision. It is based on the person's core beliefs.
What is Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
Name the argument type(s).
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What is evaluation?
This structure incorporates compromise in order to bring both sides together.
What is Rogerian?
This type of argument focuses on the value of a specific criteria.
What is evaluation?
This cause brings about change.
What is precipitating cause?
Name the argument type(s)
Only a true two-party political system, which eliminates all minor parties and fractioned larger parties, should be used in the United States.
What is definition and proposal?
This structure is used when conditions need to be placed on the claim.
What is Toulmin
This type of argument is focused on the future and what should happen.
What is proposal?
This cause creates a repeating circular cause and effect relationship.
What is reciprocal?
What is dissonance?
Name the argument type(s).
Due to a lack of success in past years, the procedures for the city council should be amended.
What are causal and proposal?
A claim with an implied premise.
What is enthymeme?
This argument makes a claim that asserts that something is true.
What is fact?
This causal argument is based on a situation that could on its own bring about a specific effect.
What is sufficient?
The person who elaborates longer will made decisions that are more __.
What is lasting/permanent?
What is the enthymeme?
The class' attendance policy needs to be changed to limit skipping.
What is that skipping is an issue?
This structure utilizes a qualifier.
What is Toulmin?
This argument is often used in conjunction with the proposal argument.
What is causal?
This cause argument focuses on an underlying or distant cause for a specific effect.
What is remote?
The three ways people may reduce dissonance.
Name the type(s) of argument.
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What is an argument of fact and evaluation?