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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






2. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






3. Good Moral Character






4. Who developed the argument from general probability?






5. 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.






6. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






7. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






9. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






10. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






11. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






12. Opposite of Anaphora






13. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






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






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






17. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






19. Exaggeration






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






21. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






22. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






23. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






24. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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'






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






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






31. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






32. Appeals from the character of the speaker






33. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






34. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






35. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






37. 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






38. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






39. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






40. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






41. Term with lower (negative) value






42. 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






43. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






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






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






47. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






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






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






50. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous