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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






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






4. 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






5. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






6. If A then B A Therefore B






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






8. If A then B B Therefore - A






9. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






18. 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






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






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






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






22. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






23. After this - therefore on account of this






24. Ask a rhetorical question






25. 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'






26. Opposite of Hyperbole






27. 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






28. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






29. 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.






30. 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?






31. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






32. Ideas repeated






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






34. 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






35. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






36. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






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






38. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






40. Opposite of Epistrophe






41. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






42. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






43. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






44. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






45. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






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






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






48. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






49. What vehicles and tenors share






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







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