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Public Debating

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






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






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






4. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






5. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






7. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






9. Appeals from the character of the speaker






10. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






12. 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






13. 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'






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






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






16. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






17. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






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






19. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






22. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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






25. Opposite of Epistrophe






26. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






28. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






29. Opposite of Anaphora






30. Ideas repeated






31. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






33. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






34. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






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






36. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






38. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






39. Understatement






40. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






41. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






42. Reasoning from case to case






43. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






44. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






46. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






47. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






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






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