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






2. An argument with true premises and valid form






3. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






4. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






5. Term with higher (positive) value






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Understatement






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






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






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






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






15. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






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






18. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






19. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






20. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






23. If A then B A Therefore B






24. 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 -'






25. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






26. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






27. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Ending repeated






32. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






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






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






37. Opposite of anadiplosis






38. Reasoning from case to case






39. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






40. 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






41. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






43. 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.






44. 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'






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






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






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






48. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






50. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'