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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






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






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






4. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






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






11. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






12. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






13. beginning repeated at ending






14. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






15. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






16. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






17. Circular Reasoning






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






19. 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






20. Structure repeated






21. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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

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23. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






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






25. Opposite of Hyperbole






26. 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






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






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






29. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






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






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. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






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






34. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






35. Good Moral Character






36. Beginning repeated






37. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






38. Opposite of anadiplosis






39. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






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






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






42. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






43. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






44. Understatement






45. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






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






48. If A then B A Therefore B






49. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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