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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






3. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






4. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






6. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






7. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






8. 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'






9. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






10. Exaggeration






11. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






12. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






13. A or B Not A Therefore - B






14. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






15. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






17. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






18. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






19. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole






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






21. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






23. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






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

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25. Appeals from the character of the speaker






26. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






27. 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?






28. Reasoning from case to case






29. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






30. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






31. Ideas repeated






32. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






33. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






34. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






35. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






36. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






37. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






38. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






39. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






40. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






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






42. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






43. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






44. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






45. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






46. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






47. Opposite of anadiplosis






48. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






49. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






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