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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. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






2. After this - therefore on account of this






3. 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'






4. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






5. 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?






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






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






8. beginning repeated at ending






9. Ask a rhetorical question






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






11. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






13. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






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






16. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






17. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






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






19. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






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






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






22. 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






23. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






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






25. Term with lower (negative) value






26. Beginning repeated






27. 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'






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






29. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






30. If A then B B Therefore - A






31. Structure repeated






32. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






33. 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






34. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






36. Ideas repeated






37. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






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






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






40. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






41. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






42. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






45. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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46. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






47. 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.






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






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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