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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. After this - therefore on account of this






2. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






4. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






13. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






14. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






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






17. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






18. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






19. Metaphors use ____ and ____






20. '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?






21. 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?






22. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






23. Ending repeated






24. An argument that follows proper logical form






25. Circular Reasoning






26. Opposite of Hyperbole






27. Opposite of anadiplosis






28. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






29. 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?






30. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






31. Good Moral Character






32. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






33. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






34. 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:






35. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






36. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






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






44. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






46. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






48. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






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






50. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.