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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






2. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






3. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






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






5. Good Moral Character






6. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






7. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






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






10. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






11. An argument with true premises and valid form






12. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






13. 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






14. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






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






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






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






20. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






23. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






25. 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'






26. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






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






28. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






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






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






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






32. Oppostite of Litotes






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






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






35. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






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






37. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






38. Term with lower (negative) value






39. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






40. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






41. 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'






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






43. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






44. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






45. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






46. 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 -'






47. 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?






48. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






49. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






50. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?