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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






2. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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3. '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?






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






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






6. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






7. Term with higher (positive) value






8. Good Moral Character






9. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






10. Beginning repeated






11. Value Hierarchy Visualization






12. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






13. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






14. 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






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






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






17. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






18. Ending repeated






19. 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






20. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






22. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






23. If A then B A Therefore B






24. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






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






26. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






28. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






29. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






30. Opposite of Anaphora






31. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






33. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






34. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






35. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






37. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






38. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






39. Understatement






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






41. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






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






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






44. 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'






45. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






46. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






47. 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'






48. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






49. Opposite of Hyperbole






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