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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






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






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






4. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






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






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






8. Opposite of Anaphora






9. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






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






11. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






12. 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'






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






14. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






15. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






16. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






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






19. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






20. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






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






23. 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






24. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






26. If A then B A Therefore B






27. Ideas repeated






28. Deliberate correction






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






30. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






33. 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'






34. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






36. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






37. Beginning repeated






38. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






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






44. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






45. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






46. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






47. What vehicles and tenors share






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






49. Reasoning from case to case






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