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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An argument with true premises and valid form






2. 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.






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






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






5. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






6. 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






7. Ideas repeated






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






9. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






10. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






11. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






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






13. 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






14. If A then B A Therefore B






15. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






16. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






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






18. Circular Reasoning






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






20. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






21. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






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






23. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






24. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






26. 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'






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






28. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






29. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






31. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






32. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






33. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






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






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






36. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






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






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






39. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






40. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






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






42. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






43. beginning repeated at ending






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






45. Exaggeration






46. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






47. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






48. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






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






50. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous