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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






3. Opposite of anadiplosis






4. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






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






6. Deliberate correction






7. Ask a rhetorical question






8. 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?






9. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






10. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






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






12. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






13. If A then B A Therefore B






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






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






16. The list that builds






17. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






19. Exaggeration






20. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






21. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






22. Oppostite of Litotes






23. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






24. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






26. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






27. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






29. Beginning repeated






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






31. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






32. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






33. 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






34. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






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






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






43. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






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






45. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






46. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






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






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






49. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






50. If A then B Not B Therefore not A