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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






3. '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?






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






5. Beginning repeated






6. Exaggeration






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






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






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. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






11. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






12. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






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






14. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






15. 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.






16. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






17. Circular Reasoning






18. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






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






21. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






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






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






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






26. Term with lower (negative) value






27. 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?






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






29. 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






30. What vehicles and tenors share






31. 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






32. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






34. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






35. Set two things in opposition






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


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






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






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






40. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






41. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






42. 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






43. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






45. Term with higher (positive) value






46. 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?






47. A or B Not A Therefore - B






48. 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.






49. Ending repeated






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