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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






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






6. An argument with true premises and valid form






7. Ask a rhetorical question






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






9. A or B Not A Therefore - B






10. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






11. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






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






13. If A then B B Therefore - A






14. Set two things in opposition






15. After this - therefore on account of this






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






17. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






18. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






19. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






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






22. 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






23. Value Hierarchy Visualization






24. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






25. Understatement






26. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






27. Opposite of Hyperbole






28. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






29. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






30. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






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






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






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






34. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






35. 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?






36. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






37. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






38. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






39. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






42. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






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






44. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






45. Beginning repeated






46. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






48. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






49. If A then B A Therefore B






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