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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






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






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






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






5. 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'






6. 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






7. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






9. 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'






10. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






11. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






13. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole






14. Ending repeated






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






16. 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'






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






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






19. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






21. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






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






24. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






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






27. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






28. 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?






29. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






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






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






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






33. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






34. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






35. The list that builds






36. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






38. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






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






42. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






43. Exaggeration






44. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






46. 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.






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






48. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






49. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






50. beginning repeated at ending