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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






2. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






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






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






5. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






6. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






7. 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






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






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






10. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






11. Term with higher (positive) value






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






13. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






14. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






16. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






17. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






19. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






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






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






22. 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






23. 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'






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






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






26. 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'






27. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






28. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






30. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






39. 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?






40. 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






41. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






42. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






43. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






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






45. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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






48. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






49. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






50. beginning repeated at ending







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