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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






2. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






3. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






4. After this - therefore on account of this






5. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






6. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






7. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






8. Term with higher (positive) value






9. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






10. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






11. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






12. Opposite of anadiplosis






13. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






14. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






15. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






16. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






17. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






18. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






19. Good Moral Character






20. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






21. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






22. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






23. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






24. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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25. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






26. beginning repeated at ending






27. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






28. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






29. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






30. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






31. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






32. Set two things in opposition






33. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






34. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






35. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






36. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






37. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






38. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






39. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






40. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






41. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






42. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






43. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






44. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






45. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






46. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






47. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






48. Appeals from the character of the speaker






49. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






50. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'