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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






2. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






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






5. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






6. Opposite of anadiplosis






7. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






8. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






9. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






10. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






12. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






13. Deliberate correction






14. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






15. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






16. Opposite of Epanalepsis






17. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






19. beginning repeated at ending






20. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






21. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






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






24. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






26. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






27. 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'






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






29. 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'






30. A or B Not A Therefore - B






31. Ideas repeated






32. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






33. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






34. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






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






36. Who developed the argument from general probability?






37. 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






38. Beginning repeated






39. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






41. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






42. What vehicles and tenors share






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






44. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






45. Value Hierarchy Visualization






46. 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.






47. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






48. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






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






50. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?







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