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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Appeals from the character of the speaker






2. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






3. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






4. 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:






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






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






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






12. Term with higher (positive) value






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






14. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






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






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






17. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






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






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






20. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






21. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






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






23. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






24. Beginning repeated






25. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






26. An argument with true premises and valid form






27. 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






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






29. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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






31. Opposite of Hyperbole






32. 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






33. 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






34. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






35. Exaggeration






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






37. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






39. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






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






41. beginning repeated at ending






42. Ask a rhetorical question






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






44. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






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






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






47. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






48. 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)






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






50. Opposite of Epistrophe