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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Opposite of Epistrophe






2. 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'






3. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






4. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






5. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






6. 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






7. Oppostite of Litotes






8. 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'






9. Ask a rhetorical question






10. If A then B A Therefore B






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






12. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






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






14. 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






15. Ending repeated






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

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17. 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






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






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






20. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






21. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






22. 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'






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






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






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






26. Beginning repeated






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






28. What vehicles and tenors share






29. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






30. Understatement






31. 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






32. Deliberate correction






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






34. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






36. Reasoning from case to case






37. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






38. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






39. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






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






41. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






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






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






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






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






46. Opposite of anadiplosis






47. The list that builds






48. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






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






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