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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






2. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






9. 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






10. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






11. Circular Reasoning






12. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






14. Reasoning from case to case






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






16. 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'






17. What vehicles and tenors share






18. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






20. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






21. 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'






22. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






23. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






25. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






26. Oppostite of Litotes






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






28. 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'






29. 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






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






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






32. Term with higher (positive) value






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






39. If A then B B Therefore - A






40. Set two things in opposition






41. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






43. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






44. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






45. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






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






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






48. 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?






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






50. 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