Republic of the Philippines

Stratford International School

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Argumentation and Debate Midterm Exam

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I. Identify what is being asked in the following items and write your answer in the blank.
_________________ 1. A document prepared by a lawyer either of the appellant or of the appellee in
connection with a case appealed to the Supreme court as the basis of oral argument.
_________________ 2. The process of reasoning whereby it is shown that a particular case is true because
it falls under some general law or principle, which is already known or assumed to
be true.
_________________ 3. The principle of composition which demands that every element of evidence,
argument, and proof must contribute, directly or indirectly, to the creation of one
single impression.
_________________ 4. The process of reasoning whereby from the concurrence or conjunction of
particular instances or phenomena we draw a general principle, rule or postulate.
_________________ 5. A kind of induction in which from certain known individual cases, facts, or
phenomena we draw a general principle.
_________________ 6. A fallacy which is committed when he dabater ignores the real question and
maintains that his connection is valid, because people in general believed it to be so.
_________________ 7. This is an argument from a previous admission.
_________________ 8. It arises when in changing the original proposition from affirmative to negative or
from negative to affirmative, the meaning of the original proposition changed.
_________________ 9. A class of syllogism in which the predicate is made up of words, phrases, or
clauses that express opposition or separation, or mutual exclusion.
_________________ 10. A kind of induction in which simply enumerates the particulars which form a
class.
_________________ 11. To impugn the conclusion arrived at the priori, our objective should be to destroy
the relation between the known cause and the unknown effect.
_________________ 12. One that depends for its strength upon the assumption that since the facts under
consideration have been observed to accompany each other.
_________________ 13. This an argument which depends for its strength upon the similarity between the
case in question and some other case or cases, which are alleged either as analogous
to the case in question.
_________________ 14. An argument which we investigate one or more individual instances as typical or
representative of the class to which they belong in respect of the point under inquiry.
_________________ 15. We reason that if two things of the same class have preponderant points of
similarity, they are similar in still other respects.
_________________ 16. The strength of which depends upon the similarity of relationships of objects of
different fields or classes.
_________________ 17. The act of thought by which from two given propositions, called the premises,
the arguer proceeds to a third proposition; the truth of which necessarily follows
from the truth of these propositions.
_________________ 18. A class of syllogism in which declares something absolutely, admitting no
condition or limitation.
_________________ 19. A class of syllogism that asserts something subject to a condition or limitation.
_________________ 20. It is committed when the meaning of a proposition is misinterpreted on account
of a misplaced accent or emphasis on a term.
_________________ 21. This fallacy arises on the account of a faulty grammatical construction of the
sentence which gives rise to miscomprehension.
_________________ 22. This fallacy is committed when the debater befogs the issue, thus evading the
arguments of his opponent, and instead directs his attack at the character, personality, or
belief of his adversary.
_________________ 23. A principle of composition which demands that the more important elements of
evidence, argument, and proof be given more stress, either by putting them in more
prominent position.
_________________ 24. This fallacy means an argument to that which inspires reverence.
_________________ 25. It is when the arguer ignores the question in controversy-in fact, he may admit
the contention of his opponent-and appeals to pity and commiseration.

II. Enumeration.
1-3 Give the three modified forms of the syllogism.

4-5 Give at least two contents of the legal brief.

6-8 Give the three parts of the division of the argumentation speech.

9-11 Give the three great rhetorical principles to be observed.

12-13 Give the two fallacies that arise from the use of the hypothetical syllogism.

14-17 Give the four classification of rhetorical fallacies.

18-20 Give at least three types of the fallacy of ignorantio elenchi.