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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Exaggeration






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






3. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






5. Opposite of Hyperbole






6. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






8. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






10. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






21. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






22. 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?






23. An argument with true premises and valid form






24. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






25. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






26. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






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






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






29. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






30. 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'






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






32. Ask a rhetorical question






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






34. 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






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






36. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






38. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






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






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






41. Opposite of Anaphora






42. beginning repeated at ending






43. 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






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






45. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






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






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






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






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






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