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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






2. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






3. Structure repeated






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






5. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






7. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






8. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






13. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






14. Opposite of Epistrophe






15. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






16. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






19. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






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






21. 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






22. The list that builds






23. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






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






25. 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






26. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






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






29. Ending repeated






30. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






31. Understatement






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






33. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






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






35. Ideas repeated






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






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






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






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






40. 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'






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






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






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






44. 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'






45. 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






46. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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






49. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






50. Reasoning from case to case