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Public Debating

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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?






5. An argument that follows proper logical form






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






11. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






12. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






13. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






14. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






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






16. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






17. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






19. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






20. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






21. Ideas repeated






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






29. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






30. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






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






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






35. Metaphors use ____ and ____






36. If A then B A Therefore B






37. beginning repeated at ending






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Who developed the argument from general probability?






43. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






44. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






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






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






47. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






48. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






49. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






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