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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Beginning repeated






2. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






3. 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?






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






5. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






6. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






7. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






9. 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?






10. Ending repeated






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






12. 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






13. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






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






15. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






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






17. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






19. 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'






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






21. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






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






23. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






24. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






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






26. After this - therefore on account of this






27. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






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






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






30. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






31. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






32. A or B Not A Therefore - B






33. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






34. Deliberate correction






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






36. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






38. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






39. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






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






41. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






42. 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'






43. 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.






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






45. Opposite of Anaphora






46. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






48. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






49. beginning repeated at ending






50. Opposite of Epistrophe