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






2. If A then B A Therefore B






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






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






14. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






15. 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)






16. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






17. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






18. Opposite of Anaphora






19. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






21. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






22. 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.






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






24. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






25. Opposite of Epanalepsis






26. 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






27. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






28. Structure repeated






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






30. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






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






32. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






33. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






34. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






35. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






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






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






38. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






39. 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?






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






41. 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.






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






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






45. Good Moral Character






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






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






48. Metaphors use ____ and ____






49. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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