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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






2. Oppostite of Litotes






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






4. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






5. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






6. Reasoning from case to case






7. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






8. Opposite of Hyperbole






9. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






10. 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






11. After this - therefore on account of this






12. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






13. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






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






16. 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






17. Circular Reasoning






18. 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'






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






20. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






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






22. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






28. 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






29. Good Moral Character






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






31. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






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






33. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






34. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






36. Set two things in opposition






37. Beginning repeated






38. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






41. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






42. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






43. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






44. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






46. The list that builds






47. 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






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






49. 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)






50. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.