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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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'






2. Good Moral Character






3. 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.






4. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






9. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






10. Circular Reasoning






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






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






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






14. Deliberate correction






15. 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






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






17. If A then B B Therefore - A






18. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






19. 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






20. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






22. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






23. 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'






24. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






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






26. 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'






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






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






29. Metaphors use ____ and ____






30. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






31. Value Hierarchy Visualization






32. 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?






33. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






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






35. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






39. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






41. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






42. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






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






46. 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 -'






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






48. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






49. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






50. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant