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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






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






4. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






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






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






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






8. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






10. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






11. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






12. Structure repeated






13. 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'






14. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






15. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






16. Understatement






17. 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.






18. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






19. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






20. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






21. 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






22. Opposite of Anaphora






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






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






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






26. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Opposite of Hyperbole






33. 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'






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






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






36. Beginning repeated






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






38. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






39. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






40. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






41. Good Moral Character






42. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






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






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






45. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






46. '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?






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






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






49. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






50. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






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