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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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






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






4. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






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






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






8. 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?






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






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






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






12. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






13. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






14. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






15. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






16. 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)






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






18. Circular Reasoning






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






20. Exaggeration






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






22. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






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

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24. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






26. Good Moral Character






27. 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?






28. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






29. Oppostite of Litotes






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






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






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






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






34. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






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






36. 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






37. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






38. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






39. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






40. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






42. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






43. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






44. Deliberate correction






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






46. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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






49. Ending repeated






50. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas