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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






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






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






7. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






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






10. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






11. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






12. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






13. Opposite of anadiplosis






14. Opposite of Epanalepsis






15. If A then B B Therefore - A






16. 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






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






18. Structure repeated






19. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Set two things in opposition






27. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






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






29. Term with lower (negative) value






30. Opposite of Anaphora






31. 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'






32. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






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






34. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






35. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






42. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






43. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






44. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






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






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






47. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






48. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






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