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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. Ending repeated






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






6. 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'






7. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






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






10. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






11. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






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






13. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






14. 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?






15. Opposite of anadiplosis






16. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






17. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






18. After this - therefore on account of this






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






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






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






22. 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'






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






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






25. Circular Reasoning






26. '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?






27. 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'






28. 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.






29. Deliberate correction






30. Opposite of Anaphora






31. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






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






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






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






35. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






37. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






39. 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.






40. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






43. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






44. beginning repeated at ending






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






46. 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.






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






48. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






49. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






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