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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






2. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






3. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






4. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






5. 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






6. What vehicles and tenors share






7. 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






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






9. 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'






10. A or B Not A Therefore - B






11. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






12. 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






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






14. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






16. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






18. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






20. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






22. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






23. 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?






24. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






25. Opposite of Anaphora






26. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






27. The list that builds






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






29. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






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






32. Ideas repeated






33. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Deliberate correction






39. 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)






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






41. If A then B A Therefore B






42. 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.






43. Understatement






44. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. beginning repeated at ending






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