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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If A then B B Therefore - A






2. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






4. 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.






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






6. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






7. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






8. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






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






10. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






11. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






18. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






19. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






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






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






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


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






24. 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.






25. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






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






27. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






29. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






30. Structure repeated






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






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






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






34. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






35. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






44. 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'






45. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






46. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






47. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






49. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






50. 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?