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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






3. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






5. 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'






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






7. 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.






8. The list that builds






9. 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






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






11. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






13. Term with higher (positive) value






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






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






22. If A then B A Therefore B






23. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






24. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






25. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






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






28. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






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. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






34. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






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






36. 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)






37. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






38. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






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

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41. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






42. Term with lower (negative) value






43. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






44. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






45. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






46. A or B Not A Therefore - B






47. Beginning repeated






48. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






50. 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'