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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






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






3. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






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






5. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






6. 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'






7. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






9. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






10. 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






11. 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?






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






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






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






15. 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.






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. Who developed the argument from general probability?






18. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






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






20. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






21. Good Moral Character






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






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






24. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






25. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






28. Opposite of anadiplosis






29. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






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






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






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






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






34. beginning repeated at ending






35. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






36. Beginning repeated






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






38. Circular Reasoning






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






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






41. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






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






43. Exaggeration






44. 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






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






46. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






48. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






49. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






50. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')