Group one: Lincoln-Douglas Vocabulary

Rhetoric

 

Ethos

 

Logos

 

pathos

 

Toulmin Model

 

Invention

 

arrangment

 

style

 

memory

 

delivery

 

claim

 

warrant

 

backing

 

rebuttal

 

grounds

 

qualifier

 

fallacies

 

philosophies

 

cross examination

 

constructive

 

Resolution

 

value premise

 

criteria (criterion)

 

contention

 

Intrinsic  
Universal  

Group two: Philosophies

 

Group three: Fallacies

  1. Ad Hominem
  2. Ad Hominem Tu Quoque
  3. Appeal to Authority
  4. Appeal to Belief
  5. Appeal to Common Practice
  6. Appeal to Consequences of a Belief
  7. Appeal to Emotion
  8. Appeal to Fear
  9. Appeal to Flattery
  10. Appeal to Novelty
  11. Appeal to Pity
  12. Appeal to Popularity
  13. Appeal to Ridicule
  14. Appeal to Spite
  15. Appeal to Tradition
  16. Bandwagon
  17. Begging the Question
  18. Biased Sample
  19. Burden of Proof
  20. Circumstantial Ad Hominem
  21. Composition
  22. Confusing Cause and Effect
  23. Division
  24. False Dilemma
  25. Gambler's Fallacy
  26. Genetic Fallacy
  27. Guilt By Association
  28. Hasty Generalization
  29. Ignoring A Common Cause
  30. Middle Ground
  31. Misleading Vividness
  32. Personal Attack
  33. Poisoning the Well
  34. Post Hoc
  35. Questionable Cause
  36. Red Herring
  37. Relativist Fallacy
  38. Slippery Slope
  39. Special Pleading
  40. Spotlight
  41. Straw Man
  42. Two Wrongs Make A Right

Group Four: Values & Criteria

Values

Criteria

 

Group Five:  Frequently seen words in Debate

Moral

 

Immoral

 

Social Security

 

justifiable

 

Human rights

 

Accused

 

Precedence

 

Foreign policy

 

Economy

 

Liberty

 

Legislate

 

Civil disobedience

 

Public

 

Privacy

 

Sovereignty

 

Civil liberty

 

Free press

 

Fair trial

 

Subordinate

 

Revolution

 

Right to know

 

Rehabilitation

 

Affirmative action

 

ethics

 

Obedience

 

Right

 

Spirit of the law

 

Letter of the law

 

First amendment rights

 

constituents

 

 

Group Six:  Frequently seen words in Debate

 

Liberal

 

Conservative

 

Democrat

 

Republican

 

Euthanasia

 

Politically correct

 

Individual liberty

 

Censorship

 

Feminist

 

Oppressive

 

Transcend

 

Society

 

Capital punishment

 

Corporal punishment

 

capitalism

 

Socialism

 

Hate speech

 

Culpable

 

Nuclear weapon

 

National security

 

Globalization

 

National sovereignty

 

Separation of church and state

 

Common good

 

Privileged communication

 

Judicial

 

Eminent domain

 

Juveniles

 

“ends justify the means”

 

Sanctity of life