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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






2. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






5. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






8. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






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






10. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






11. Opposite of anadiplosis






12. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






13. 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






14. Ask a rhetorical question






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






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






17. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






21. 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'






22. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






23. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






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






25. Value Hierarchy Visualization






26. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






27. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






28. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






30. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






32. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






34. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






35. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






36. 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






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






38. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






39. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






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






41. A or B Not A Therefore - B






42. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






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