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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






3. 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'






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






5. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






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






9. Ideas repeated






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






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






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






13. Good Moral Character






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






15. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






17. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






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






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






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






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






22. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Term with higher (positive) value






28. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






30. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






31. 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






32. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






34. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






37. 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'






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






39. 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 -'






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






41. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






42. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






44. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






45. Opposite of Epanalepsis






46. 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






47. Ask a rhetorical question






48. 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?






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






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