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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






2. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






4. An argument that follows proper logical form






5. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






6. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






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






8. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






9. If A then B A Therefore B






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






11. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






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






13. 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.






14. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






15. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






16. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






17. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






18. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






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






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






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






23. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






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






26. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






27. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






29. 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'






30. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






31. Circular Reasoning






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






33. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






34. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






36. Beginning repeated






37. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






38. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






39. 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






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






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






42. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






44. 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






45. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






46. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






47. 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?






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






49. Exaggeration






50. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable