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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Set two things in opposition






2. Structure repeated






3. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






5. 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






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






7. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






8. 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






9. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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






12. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






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






15. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






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






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






18. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






19. 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






20. 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?






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






22. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






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






31. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






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






33. 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'






34. 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






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






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






37. Ending repeated






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






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






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






41. Ask a rhetorical question






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






43. '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?






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






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






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






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






48. 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'






49. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






50. Who developed the argument from general probability?