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Public Debating

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






2. 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?






3. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






9. Circular Reasoning






10. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






11. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






12. 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'






13. 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






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






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






16. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






17. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






19. Opposite of Epanalepsis






20. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






21. Beginning repeated






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






27. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






28. Good Moral Character






29. 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






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






31. What vehicles and tenors share






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






33. An argument with true premises and valid form






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

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35. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






36. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






38. Opposite of Hyperbole






39. Term with higher (positive) value






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






41. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






42. Structure repeated






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






44. 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.






45. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






46. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






47. A or B Not A Therefore - B






48. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






49. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






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