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Public Debating

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






2. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






4. Oppostite of Litotes






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






6. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






7. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






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






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






11. Ending repeated






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






13. 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'






14. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






16. Ask a rhetorical question






17. A or B Not A Therefore - B






18. 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.






19. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






21. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






22. Good Moral Character






23. Understatement






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






25. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






26. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Who developed the argument from general probability?






33. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






34. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






35. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






36. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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'






45. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






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






47. Term with higher (positive) value






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






49. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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