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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






3. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






4. 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






5. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






6. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






7. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






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






10. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






11. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






12. 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'






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






14. Opposite of Epistrophe






15. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






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






17. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






19. A or B Not A Therefore - B






20. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






21. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






22. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






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






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






25. Reasoning from case to case






26. Term with higher (positive) value






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






28. 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.






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






30. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






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






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






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






34. Beginning repeated






35. After this - therefore on account of this






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






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






38. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






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






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






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






42. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






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






44. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






45. The list that builds






46. 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'






47. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






48. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






49. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






50. Metaphors use ____ and ____