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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Appeals from the character of the speaker






11. A or B Not A Therefore - B






12. 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






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






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






15. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






16. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






17. 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






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






19. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






21. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






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






23. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






24. 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






25. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






28. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






31. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






32. 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






33. beginning repeated at ending






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






35. Understatement






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






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






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






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






40. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






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






42. If A then B A Therefore B






43. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






44. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






46. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






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






48. Oppostite of Litotes






49. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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