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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






3. Good Moral Character






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






5. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






6. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






7. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






8. The list that builds






9. 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






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






11. '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?






12. Ending repeated






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






14. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






16. 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






17. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






18. Circular Reasoning






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






20. Metaphors use ____ and ____






21. Term with lower (negative) value






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






23. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






24. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






25. Structure repeated






26. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






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






29. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






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






31. Ask a rhetorical question






32. 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.






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






34. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






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






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






38. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






40. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






42. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






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






45. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






46. 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






47. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






48. Who developed the argument from general probability?






49. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






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