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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






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






3. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






6. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






7. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






8. 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?






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






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






12. Term with higher (positive) value






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






14. Set two things in opposition






15. beginning repeated at ending






16. 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'






17. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






18. 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?






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






20. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






21. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






22. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






23. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






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






25. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






27. 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?






28. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






30. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






31. 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






32. Value Hierarchy Visualization






33. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






34. 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:






35. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






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






37. Term with lower (negative) value






38. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






39. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






41. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






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






44. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






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






46. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






47. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






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






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






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