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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






13. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






14. Opposite of Anaphora






15. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






16. 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?






17. Set two things in opposition






18. Structure repeated






19. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






20. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. After this - therefore on account of this






28. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






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






30. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






31. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






32. beginning repeated at ending






33. If A then B A Therefore B






34. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






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






36. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






37. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






38. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






39. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






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






41. Ask a rhetorical question






42. Circular Reasoning






43. Beginning repeated






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






45. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






47. 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'






48. 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






49. 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






50. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed