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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






2. What vehicles and tenors share






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






4. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






5. 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






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






7. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






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






11. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






12. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






13. Term with higher (positive) value






14. Who developed the argument from general probability?






15. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






16. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






17. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






18. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






19. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






20. If A then B B Therefore - A






21. An argument with true premises and valid form






22. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






23. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






25. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






26. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






27. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






28. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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






31. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






32. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






33. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






34. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






35. 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






36. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






37. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






38. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






40. Good Moral Character






41. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






42. 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






43. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






45. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






46. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






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






48. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






49. 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'






50. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.