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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. What vehicles and tenors share






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






3. Term with lower (negative) value






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






5. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






6. Opposite of Epanalepsis






7. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






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






9. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






10. Oppostite of Litotes






11. Exaggeration






12. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






13. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






15. Beginning repeated






16. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






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






18. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






19. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






20. 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'






21. 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?






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






23. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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






25. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






26. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






27. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






28. Reasoning from case to case






29. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






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






31. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






32. 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






33. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






34. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






36. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






37. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






38. Good Moral Character






39. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






41. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






42. 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'






43. Circular Reasoning






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






45. Term with higher (positive) value






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






47. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






49. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






50. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates