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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






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






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






5. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






6. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






7. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






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






9. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






10. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






11. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






12. 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?






13. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






14. Who developed the argument from general probability?






15. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






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






17. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






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






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






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






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






22. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






24. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






25. 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






26. Ideas repeated






27. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






28. 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?






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






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






31. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






32. What vehicles and tenors share






33. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






34. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






35. 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.






36. If A then B A Therefore B






37. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






38. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






40. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






42. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






43. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






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






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






46. Understatement






47. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






48. Good Moral Character






49. Beginning repeated






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