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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






2. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






3. Circular Reasoning






4. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






6. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






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






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






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






10. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






11. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






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






13. If A then B A Therefore B






14. Set two things in opposition






15. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






16. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






17. 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






18. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






19. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






20. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






21. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






22. After this - therefore on account of this






23. Ideas repeated






24. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






25. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






26. Opposite of Epanalepsis






27. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






29. '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?






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






36. 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.






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






38. 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






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






40. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






41. Structure repeated






42. If A then B B Therefore - A






43. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






44. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






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






46. 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






47. A or B Not A Therefore - B






48. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






50. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal