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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






2. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






3. 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






4. Metaphors use ____ and ____






5. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






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






7. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






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






9. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






10. 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?






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






12. Term with higher (positive) value






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Understatement






18. Ideas repeated






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. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






21. Set two things in opposition






22. 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 -'






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






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






25. 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)






26. 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?






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






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






29. Opposite of Anaphora






30. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






31. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






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






33. Oppostite of Litotes






34. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






35. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






36. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






37. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






38. 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:






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






45. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






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






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






49. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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