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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






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






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






4. Ideas repeated






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






13. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






15. Ask a rhetorical question






16. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






17. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






18. The list that builds






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






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






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






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






23. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






24. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






25. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






26. 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






27. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






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






29. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






30. 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'






31. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Term with lower (negative) value






37. Oppostite of Litotes






38. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






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






40. 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:






41. Term with higher (positive) value






42. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






43. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






44. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






45. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






47. 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.






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






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






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