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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Oppostite of Litotes






2. 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






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






4. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






6. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






7. 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






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






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






10. 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'






11. Value Hierarchy Visualization






12. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






13. 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?






14. 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






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






16. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






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






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






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






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






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






22. Opposite of Anaphora






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






24. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






25. 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?






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






27. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






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






30. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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31. Good Moral Character






32. 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'






33. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






34. beginning repeated at ending






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






36. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






37. Opposite of anadiplosis






38. Understatement






39. 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






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






41. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






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






43. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






44. 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'






45. 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






46. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






48. 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.






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






50. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?