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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






2. 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






3. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






4. Oppostite of Litotes






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






6. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






7. What vehicles and tenors share






8. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






9. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






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






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






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






13. Term with lower (negative) value






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






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






16. Understatement






17. Set two things in opposition






18. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. Exaggeration






23. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






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






27. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






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






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






30. Ask a rhetorical question






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






32. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






33. 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'






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






35. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






36. 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






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






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






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






40. An argument that follows proper logical form






41. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






42. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






44. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






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






46. 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






47. Opposite of Anaphora






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






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






50. 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