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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






3. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






5. Ideas repeated






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






7. Deliberate correction






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






9. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






11. Metaphors use ____ and ____






12. Good Moral Character






13. 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






14. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






15. 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






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






17. Ask a rhetorical question






18. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






20. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






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






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






23. Term with higher (positive) value






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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






27. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






28. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






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






30. 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'






31. Opposite of Epanalepsis






32. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






38. Term with lower (negative) value






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






40. The list that builds






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






42. 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'






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






44. 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.






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






46. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






47. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






49. 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






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