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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. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






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






5. 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?






6. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






7. Ideas repeated






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






9. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






10. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






16. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






17. 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'






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






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






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






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






22. Opposite of Hyperbole






23. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






24. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






25. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






26. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






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






28. Set two things in opposition






29. 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'






30. If A then B A Therefore B






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






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






33. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






34. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






35. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






36. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






37. Deliberate correction






38. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






39. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






40. Good Moral Character






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






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






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






44. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






45. Value Hierarchy Visualization






46. Understatement






47. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






49. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






50. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category







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