Mid Term Misses
Three types of resolutions
Policy, Value, Fact
The careful and deliberative effort to make a decision based on a thoughtful evaluation of all available information
What is Critical Thinking?
Two reasons to ask a question
What is to clarify
Show a flaw in the argument
To compare and contrast conflict
to build credibility
The current state of affairs
What is Status Quo
The end result. The affirmative must convince the audience that all five policy stock issues are true in order to win the debate.
What is The Burden of Proof
Commonly represented by words such as probably, usually, and in most cases
What is a qualifier
The process of inquiry and advocacy; seeking reasoned judgment on a proposition
What is Debate?
What are the 5 steps of presenting an argument?
State your claim
Explain/define
Data
Restate claim
Warrent
The affirmative's power to suppose that whatever their plan is, it would get put into action
What is Fiat
Advocate
Audience
Topic
Situation
Provides the support that strengthens the reasoning of the data and warrant
What is backing?
The major assumption you expect to share with an audience
What is Warrant?
What are the 5 steps of refuting an argument?
State the affirmatives claim
State your claim
Give your data
Restate your claim
Give your warrant
Name the 5 Stock issues
What is
Significance
Harms
Inherency
Topicality
Solvency
Three approaches to arguing
What is
Dialectical
Logical
Rhetorical
What are 2 difficulties of applying the Toulmin Model?
What is
Many arguments explicitly state only data and claim leaving the warrant implicit
the data and warrant are often confused
Backing is confused with data
There is more than one acceptible way to diagram an argument using the Toulmin modle
Communicative exchange of ideas between two or more people (be specific)
What is Argument #2?
The two participants of a debate
What is the Negative and Affirmative
The status quo is fine unless completely convinced otherwise. The initial belief that the negative is correct.
What is Presumption
Why do we argue?
What is
Conflict of orientation
Conflict of attitude
Conflict of motive, desire, goal
Aristotles three argumententitive appeals
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
The conclusion you reach after testing the evidence that supports your belief
What is claim?
According to the Toulmin model, these are the 3 elements of an argument that will always be present and are key.
Claim
Data
Warrent
The total functioning of the Affirmatives plan
What is workability
What are the functions of an argument?
What is
Relationship Function
Inquiry Function
Advocacy Function