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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






2. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






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. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






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






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






7. beginning repeated at ending






8. Exaggeration






9. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






10. Term with lower (negative) value






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






12. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






13. 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 -'






14. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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. 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?






18. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






19. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






20. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






21. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






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






23. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






24. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






25. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






27. Reasoning from case to case






28. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






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






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






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






32. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






33. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






34. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






35. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






37. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






38. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






39. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






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






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






43. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






44. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






45. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






46. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






47. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






48. Term with higher (positive) value






49. If A then B B Therefore - A






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