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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






2. Ask a rhetorical question






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






4. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






5. Ideas repeated






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






7. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






9. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






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






12. Good Moral Character






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






14. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






15. 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.






16. Who developed the argument from general probability?






17. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






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






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






20. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






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






22. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






23. Value Hierarchy Visualization






24. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






26. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






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






28. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






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






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






31. The list that builds






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






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






34. 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






35. Deliberate correction






36. Term with higher (positive) value






37. Understatement






38. Structure repeated






39. 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






40. 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?






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






42. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






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






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






45. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






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






47. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






49. beginning repeated at ending






50. What vehicles and tenors share