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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






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






3. 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?






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






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






6. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






7. Deliberate correction






8. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






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






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






11. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






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






13. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






14. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






15. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






16. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






17. Opposite of Epistrophe






18. An argument that follows proper logical form






19. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






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






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






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






23. Beginning repeated






24. 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






25. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






27. Understatement






28. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






29. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






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






31. Value Hierarchy Visualization






32. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






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






34. 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.






35. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






37. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






39. Term with lower (negative) value






40. Circular Reasoning






41. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






42. Who developed the argument from general probability?






43. 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.






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






45. 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






46. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






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






48. The list that builds






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






50. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?