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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Circular Reasoning






2. 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






3. Oppostite of Litotes






4. 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






5. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






6. 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






7. 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:






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






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






15. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






16. 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.






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






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






19. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






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






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






22. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






23. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






24. 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






25. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






26. 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.






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






28. Beginning repeated






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






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






31. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






33. 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'






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






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






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






37. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






38. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






39. Understatement






40. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






42. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






44. 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






45. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






47. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






48. Ask a rhetorical question






49. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






50. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner