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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






3. Opposite of anadiplosis






4. 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






5. Understatement






6. Ask a rhetorical question






7. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






8. An argument with true premises and valid form






9. 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






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






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






12. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






13. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






14. 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:






15. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






16. Deliberate correction






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






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






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






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






21. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






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






25. 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'






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






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






28. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






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






30. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






31. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






32. Ideas repeated






33. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






34. Circular Reasoning






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






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






37. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






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






39. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






40. 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?






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






42. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






43. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






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






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






46. 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






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






48. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






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






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