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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






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






3. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






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






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






6. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






7. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






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






9. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






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






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






13. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






14. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






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






16. Opposite of Anaphora






17. 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'






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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. An argument with true premises and valid form






34. Understatement






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






36. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






37. 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'






38. Exaggeration






39. 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'






40. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






41. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






43. 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






44. '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?






45. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






46. Oppostite of Litotes






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






48. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






49. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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