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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






2. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






4. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






6. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






7. Oppostite of Litotes






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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






11. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






12. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






13. 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?






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






15. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






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






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






18. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






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






21. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






22. The list that builds






23. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






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






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






27. '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?






28. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






29. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






30. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






32. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






33. 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






34. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






35. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






36. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






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






39. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






41. Term with higher (positive) value






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






43. An argument that follows proper logical form






44. 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'






45. 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






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






47. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






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






50. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?