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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






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






3. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






4. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






5. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






6. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






12. Metaphors use ____ and ____






13. 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.






14. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






15. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






16. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






17. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






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






19. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






20. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






21. 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?






22. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






24. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






25. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






26. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






27. Opposite of anadiplosis






28. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






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






30. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






32. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






33. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






34. 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






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






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






37. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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'






45. Ask a rhetorical question






46. Opposite of Hyperbole






47. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






48. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






49. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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