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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






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






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






5. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






8. 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?






9. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






11. Term with higher (positive) value






12. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






13. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






14. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






15. Ask a rhetorical question






16. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






17. Circular Reasoning






18. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






20. Opposite of Anaphora






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






28. 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.






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






30. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






32. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






33. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






34. Understatement






35. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






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






37. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






38. 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.






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






40. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






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






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






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






45. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






46. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






47. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






49. What vehicles and tenors share






50. Opposite of anadiplosis