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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Opposite of Anaphora






2. 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:






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






4. Ask a rhetorical question






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






6. 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?






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






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






9. 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'






10. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. Opposite of anadiplosis






16. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






18. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






19. What vehicles and tenors share






20. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






21. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






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






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






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






25. Term with lower (negative) value






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






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






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






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






39. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






40. Circular Reasoning






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






42. 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'






43. Metaphors use ____ and ____






44. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






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






47. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






48. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






49. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






50. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.