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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






3. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






4. Beginning repeated






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






6. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






7. Set two things in opposition






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






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






14. 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






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






16. Understatement






17. Good Moral Character






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






19. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






20. 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?






21. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






23. 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'






24. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






25. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






27. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






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






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






32. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






33. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






34. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






38. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






39. An argument with true premises and valid form






40. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






41. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






44. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






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






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






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






49. Value Hierarchy Visualization






50. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.







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