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Public Debating

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






2. Structure repeated






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






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






5. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






6. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






7. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






8. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






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






11. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






12. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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13. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






14. An argument with true premises and valid form






15. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






16. The list that builds






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






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






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






20. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






21. 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.






22. If A then B A Therefore B






23. 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'






24. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






25. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






33. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






35. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






36. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






37. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






39. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






40. What vehicles and tenors share






41. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






43. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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