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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






9. 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






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






11. Opposite of Hyperbole






12. Good Moral Character






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






14. After this - therefore on account of this






15. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






16. 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.






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






18. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






20. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






21. Term with lower (negative) value






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






23. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






24. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






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






27. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






28. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






29. 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'






30. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






31. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






32. Opposite of Epanalepsis






33. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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. 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






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






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






38. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






40. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






43. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






44. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Appeals from the character of the speaker






50. Structure repeated