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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. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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'






7. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






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






9. 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






10. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






11. Term with higher (positive) value






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






13. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






14. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






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






17. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






19. 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






20. Circular Reasoning






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






22. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






23. A or B Not A Therefore - B






24. Opposite of Epanalepsis






25. 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






26. Reasoning from case to case






27. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






28. 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






29. If A then B B Therefore - A






30. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






31. Opposite of Anaphora






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






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






34. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






35. Ending repeated






36. The list that builds






37. 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'






38. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






39. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






40. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






41. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






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






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






44. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






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






48. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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