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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






3. 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






4. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






5. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






6. beginning repeated at ending






7. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






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






9. Metaphors use ____ and ____






10. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






11. 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






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






13. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






14. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






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






16. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






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






18. If A then B B Therefore - A






19. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






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






22. Circular Reasoning






23. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






24. 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.






25. Set two things in opposition






26. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






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






29. 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'






30. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Ideas repeated






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






39. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






40. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






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






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






43. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






44. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






45. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






46. The list that builds






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






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






49. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






50. 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.