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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






2. Circular Reasoning






3. 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'






4. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






5. 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






6. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






15. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






16. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






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






19. Beginning repeated






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






21. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






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






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






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






25. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






26. 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'






27. Oppostite of Litotes






28. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






30. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






31. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






32. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






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






34. Ending repeated






35. 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?






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






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






38. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






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






41. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






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






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






44. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






45. Metaphors use ____ and ____






46. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






47. 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?






48. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






49. 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






50. Opposite of Epanalepsis