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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






2. Reasoning from case to case






3. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






4. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






5. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






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






7. If A then B B Therefore - A






8. Term with higher (positive) value






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






10. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






11. Good Moral Character






12. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






13. Ask a rhetorical question






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






15. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






17. 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






18. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






19. 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'






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






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






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






23. What vehicles and tenors share






24. Oppostite of Litotes






25. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






26. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






27. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






29. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






30. Term with lower (negative) value






31. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






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






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






34. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






35. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






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






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






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






46. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






47. 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?






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






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






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