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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. If A then B A Therefore B






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






4. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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.






6. Opposite of Epanalepsis






7. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






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






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






10. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






11. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






12. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






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






14. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






15. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






17. Beginning repeated






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






24. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






25. 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






26. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






27. 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






28. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






29. 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'






30. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






31. 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'






32. The list that builds






33. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






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






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






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






37. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






38. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






39. 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.






40. 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






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






42. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






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






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






47. What vehicles and tenors share






48. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






49. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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