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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






2. Exaggeration






3. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






4. An argument with true premises and valid form






5. 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.






6. 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'






7. Opposite of Hyperbole






8. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






9. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






11. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






12. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






13. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






14. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






15. 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'






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






17. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






18. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






19. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






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






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






22. Term with lower (negative) value






23. Term with higher (positive) value






24. Ideas repeated






25. After this - therefore on account of this






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






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






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






29. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






31. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






32. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






33. 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






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






35. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






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






37. 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






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






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






40. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






41. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






42. 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






43. 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.






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






45. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






46. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






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






48. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






49. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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