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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






3. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






4. 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'






5. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






8. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






9. After this - therefore on account of this






10. Appeals from the character of the speaker






11. Understatement






12. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






13. 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






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






15. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






16. 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.






17. 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:






18. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






19. Ending repeated






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






21. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






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






24. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






25. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






28. 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






29. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






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






31. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






32. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






33. 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?






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






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






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






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






38. Oppostite of Litotes






39. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






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






41. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






42. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






43. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






44. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






46. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






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






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