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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






3. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






5. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






7. Reasoning from case to case






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






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






10. Metaphors use ____ and ____






11. Ending repeated






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






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






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






15. Term with lower (negative) value






16. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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






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






19. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






20. Term with higher (positive) value






21. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






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






23. Structure repeated






24. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






25. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






28. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






29. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






30. Understatement






31. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






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






35. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






36. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






37. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






38. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






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






40. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






43. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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