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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Exaggeration






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






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






9. Ending repeated






10. '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?






11. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






12. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






14. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






15. Opposite of Anaphora






16. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






18. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






19. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






20. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






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






22. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






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






25. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






26. Term with lower (negative) value






27. What vehicles and tenors share






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






29. 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.






30. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






31. Circular Reasoning






32. 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.






33. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






34. If A then B B Therefore - A






35. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






36. 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'






37. Understatement






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






39. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






40. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






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






42. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






44. Opposite of Epistrophe






45. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






46. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






48. 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'






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






50. 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