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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole






2. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






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






5. After this - therefore on account of this






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






7. Term with higher (positive) value






8. The list that builds






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






10. Metaphors use ____ and ____






11. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






12. 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'






13. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






15. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






16. 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






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






18. Ask a rhetorical question






19. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






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






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






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






23. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






25. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






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






27. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






30. 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'






31. Exaggeration






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






33. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






34. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






35. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






36. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






37. 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






38. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






39. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






40. 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'






41. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






42. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






44. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






45. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






46. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






47. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






48. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






49. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






50. 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