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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






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






4. Deliberate correction






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






6. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






7. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






8. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






9. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






10. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






11. The list that builds






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






13. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






14. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






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






22. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






24. Structure repeated






25. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






27. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






28. Term with higher (positive) value






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






30. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






31. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






32. 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






33. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






34. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






35. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






36. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






38. Ending repeated






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






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






41. After this - therefore on account of this






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






43. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






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






45. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






46. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






47. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






49. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






50. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)