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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ideas repeated






2. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






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






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






5. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






6. '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?






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






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






9. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






12. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






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






14. A or B Not A Therefore - B






15. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






16. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






17. Ask a rhetorical question






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






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






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






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






22. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






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






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






25. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






27. If A then B A Therefore B






28. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






29. What vehicles and tenors share






30. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






31. 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.






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






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






34. beginning repeated at ending






35. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






36. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






37. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






38. 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






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






40. Opposite of Hyperbole






41. Beginning repeated






42. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






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






44. Good Moral Character






45. 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'






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






47. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






50. 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)