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Public Debating

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






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






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






4. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






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






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






7. Ending repeated






8. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






9. 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'






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






11. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






12. Exaggeration






13. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






16. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






19. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






20. 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.






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






22. Opposite of Hyperbole






23. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






24. 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.






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






26. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






29. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






30. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






31. Beginning repeated






32. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






33. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






34. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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'






39. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






41. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






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






44. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






45. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






46. If A then B B Therefore - A






47. 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






48. 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'






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






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