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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






2. A or B Not A Therefore - B






3. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






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






7. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






8. Exaggeration






9. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






10. 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






11. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






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






13. '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?






14. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






15. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






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






17. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






18. 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






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






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






21. Set two things in opposition






22. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






23. 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.






24. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






26. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






27. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






28. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






29. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






31. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






32. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






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






35. Oppostite of Litotes






36. 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?






37. Value Hierarchy Visualization






38. 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'






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






40. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






41. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






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






43. Ask a rhetorical question






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






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






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






47. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






48. 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






49. What vehicles and tenors share






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