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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






2. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






3. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






5. 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:






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






7. Opposite of Epistrophe






8. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






9. After this - therefore on account of this






10. Who developed the argument from general probability?






11. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






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






13. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






14. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






15. 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






16. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






17. 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'






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






19. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






21. 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'






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






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






24. Opposite of anadiplosis






25. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






26. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






27. 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






28. Understatement






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






30. 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






31. A or B Not A Therefore - B






32. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






33. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






36. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Circular Reasoning






46. 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






47. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






48. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






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