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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






2. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






4. 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.






5. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






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






7. Metaphors use ____ and ____






8. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






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






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






12. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






13. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






16. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






18. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






19. 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'






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






26. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






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






29. 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'






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






31. 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:






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






33. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






36. Deliberate correction






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






38. 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






39. Set two things in opposition






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






41. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






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






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






44. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






45. 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






46. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






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






48. If A then B A Therefore B






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






50. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable