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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






2. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






3. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






4. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






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






6. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






7. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






17. 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'






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






19. Appeals from the character of the speaker






20. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






22. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






23. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






25. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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






27. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






28. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






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






30. Oppostite of Litotes






31. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






32. 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






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






34. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






35. beginning repeated at ending






36. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






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






39. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Exaggeration






47. Circular Reasoning






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






49. Value Hierarchy Visualization






50. After this - therefore on account of this