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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






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






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






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






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






7. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






8. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






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






10. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






11. Opposite of Epanalepsis






12. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






13. If A then B A Therefore B






14. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






15. 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






16. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






17. Opposite of Hyperbole






18. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






19. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






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






22. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






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






24. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






25. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






26. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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






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






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






31. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






33. Who developed the argument from general probability?






34. 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






35. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






36. 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






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






38. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






39. 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.






40. '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?






41. 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






42. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






43. Exaggeration






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






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






46. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






47. An argument with true premises and valid form






48. Opposite of Epistrophe






49. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






50. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive