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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






2. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






3. 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






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






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






6. Opposite of Anaphora






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






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






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






10. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






11. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






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






13. An argument that follows proper logical form






14. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






17. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






18. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






19. 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






20. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






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






22. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






24. 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'






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






26. Reasoning from case to case






27. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






29. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






30. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






32. What vehicles and tenors share






33. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






34. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






35. Opposite of Epanalepsis






36. beginning repeated at ending






37. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






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






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






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






42. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






45. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






46. 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






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






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






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