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Public Debating
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Exergasia
Presumption
Rhetoric
(Argument of ) General probability
2. 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
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Epistrophe
Categorical (Syllogism)
3. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties
Agree on Commonality then refute
Second (or) Third
Deductive Reasoning
Vehicle (and) Tenor
4. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
First
Burden of Rejoinder
Erotema
Loci of the Preferable
5. 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.
Ambiguity
First
Disassociation of Concepts
Turn
6. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Anadiplosis
(Argument by) Example
Attitudinal (inherency)
Appeal to Ignorance
7. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Definitional (Stasis)
Second
(Fallacy of) Accident
8. Beginning repeated
Red Herring
Anaphora
Protagoras
Arguments
9. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
(Argument from) Narrative
Analogy
Division
10. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Attitudinal (inherency)
Agree on Commonality then refute
Fallacies
11. Oppostite of Litotes
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Stock Issues
Hyperbole
Anadiplosis
12. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
Checking for Sign argument
Questionable Analogy
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Equivocation
13. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Metaphor
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Analogy
14. Structure repeated
Parallelism
Exergasia
Rhetoric
Isocrates
15. Exaggeration
Testimony
Syllogism
Hyperbole
Parallelism
16. Ideas repeated
(Argument by) Analogy
Anadiplosis
Debate Resolutions
Exergasia
17. 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'
(Argument by) Example
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
(Argument from) Cause
Agree on Commonality then refute
18. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
Gorgias
Unrepresentative Sample
Conjectural (Stasis)
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
19. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Litotes
Loci of the Preferable
Hyperbole
Tokenism
20. beginning repeated at ending
Questionable Analogy
Epanalepsis
Ad Populum
(Argument of ) General probability
21. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Rhetoric
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Cure
Arguments
22. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Second (or) Third
Agree on Commonality then refute
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Composition
23. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Fallacies
Categorical (Syllogism)
Hyperbole
Qualitative (Stasis)
24. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument
Hasty Generalization
Refutation Potential
Litotes
Burden of proof
25. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Begging the Question
Second
Conceding Arguments
Mixed Metaphor
26. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Exergasia
Hyperbole
Ambiguity
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
27. 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)
Burden of proof
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Consistency
Fallacy Fallacy
28. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Hasty Generalization
Epanalepsis
Tu Quoque
Straw Person
29. Opposite of anadiplosis
Epanalepsis
Stock Issues
Checking for Testimony argument
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
30. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy
Mercenary Scientists
Unrepresentative Sample
Warrant
Stock Issues
31. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Unsound
Begging the Question
Locus of Quality
Erotema
32. What vehicles and tenors share
Anadiplosis
Questionable Cause
Associated Commonplaces
Parallelism
33. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Cliche
(Argument from) Testimony
Informal Debate
Begging the Question
34. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
Testimony
Metaphor
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Aristotle
35. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Quantitative (significance)
Rhetoric
Definitional (Stasis)
36. Reasoning from case to case
(Special Topoi for) Science
Metaphor
Analogy
Ethos
37. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Refutation Strategies
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Antithesis
Rhetoric
38. After this - therefore on account of this
Deductive Reasoning
Charisma
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Grounds (or data)
39. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Refutation
Composition
Refutation Strategies
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
40. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Ambiguity
Litotes
Attitudinal (inherency)
41. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
(Argument from) Testimony
Correctio
Composition
Conceding Arguments
42. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Isocrates
Anaphora
Testimony
Consistency
43. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change
Checking for Narrative argument
Presumption
Tokenism
Analogy
44. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.
Tu Quoque
Hyperbole
Division
Checking for Cause argement
45. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Isocrates
Composition
Claim
Conjectural (Stasis)
46. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Second (or) Third
Warrant
Tokenism
Procedural (Stasis)
47. 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'
(Argument from) Sign
False Charge of Fallacy
Antithesis
Begging the Question
48. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Incrementum
Hyperbole
False Dichotomy
Hasty Generalization
49. 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?
Checking for Example argument
Gorgias
Cure
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
50. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Good Will (Ethos)
Checking for Sign argument
Tu Quoque
Litotes