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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. A or B Not A Therefore - B






2. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






3. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






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






5. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






6. 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






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






8. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






10. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






11. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






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






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






16. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






19. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






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






21. 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






22. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






23. 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?






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






25. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






26. Circular Reasoning






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






28. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






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






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






32. Opposite of Epistrophe






33. beginning repeated at ending






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






35. If A then B B Therefore - A






36. An argument with true premises and valid form






37. '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?






38. 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'






39. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






40. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






42. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






43. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






45. Exaggeration






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






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






48. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






49. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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