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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Opposite of anadiplosis






2. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






3. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






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






6. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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






9. Term with higher (positive) value






10. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






12. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






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






14. Ideas repeated






15. Opposite of Anaphora






16. 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.






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






18. 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?






19. An argument with true premises and valid form






20. 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'






21. Reasoning from case to case






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






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






24. Oppostite of Litotes






25. If A then B A Therefore B






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






27. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






28. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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.






34. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






35. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






37. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






38. 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.






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






40. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






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






43. Ask a rhetorical question






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






45. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






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






47. Structure repeated






48. 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






49. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






50. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______