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Public Debating

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






2. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






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






4. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






5. Understatement






6. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






7. 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






8. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






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






10. Ideas repeated






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






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






13. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






14. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






15. Opposite of Anaphora






16. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






17. 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'






18. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






19. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






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






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






22. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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






24. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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

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27. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






28. 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






29. 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






30. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






32. 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






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






34. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






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






36. Exaggeration






37. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






38. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






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






40. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






41. If A then B B Therefore - A






42. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






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






45. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






46. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






47. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






48. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






49. 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'






50. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing