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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






2. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






3. 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.






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






5. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






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






7. A or B Not A Therefore - B






8. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






10. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






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






13. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






14. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






15. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






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






17. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






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






19. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






20. 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:






21. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






22. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






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






24. Beginning repeated






25. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






26. Structure repeated






27. 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






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






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






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






31. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






32. 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'






33. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






34. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






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






38. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






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






40. Opposite of Anaphora






41. After this - therefore on account of this






42. 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'






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






44. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






45. Opposite of Epanalepsis






46. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






49. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






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