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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






2. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






3. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






4. 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






5. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






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






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






8. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






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






10. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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






13. 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'






14. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






15. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






16. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






18. 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.






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






20. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






21. Deliberate correction






22. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






24. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






25. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






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






27. Beginning repeated






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






29. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






30. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






32. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






34. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






36. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






37. Structure repeated






38. 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






39. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






40. Opposite of Epistrophe






41. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






42. 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?






43. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






44. 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'






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






46. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






47. 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






48. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






50. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)