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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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2. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






4. 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.






5. Oppostite of Litotes






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






7. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






8. The list that builds






9. Exaggeration






10. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






12. After this - therefore on account of this






13. Structure repeated






14. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






22. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






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






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






25. Ask a rhetorical question






26. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






27. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






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






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






30. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






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






32. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






33. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






34. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






35. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






36. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






37. 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






38. Metaphors use ____ and ____






39. Deliberate correction






40. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






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






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






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






44. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






45. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






47. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






49. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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