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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






2. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






3. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






4. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






6. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






8. Ask a rhetorical question






9. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






10. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






11. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






13. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






15. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






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






18. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






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






21. Term with higher (positive) value






22. Set two things in opposition






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






24. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






26. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






28. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






29. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






30. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






31. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






32. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






33. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






34. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






36. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






37. beginning repeated at ending






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






39. Term with lower (negative) value






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






41. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






43. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






44. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






47. Ending repeated






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






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






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