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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.






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






3. 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'






4. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






5. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






6. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






7. 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)






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






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






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






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






12. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






14. The list that builds






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






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






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


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






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






20. Exaggeration






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






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






23. 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






24. Reasoning from case to case






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






26. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






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. Opposite of anadiplosis






30. Structure repeated






31. 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'






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






33. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






34. Circular Reasoning






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






36. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






37. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






39. 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'






40. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






41. Opposite of Epistrophe






42. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






43. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






45. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






46. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






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






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






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






50. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population