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






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






3. Set two things in opposition






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






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






6. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






7. 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)






8. 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?






9. Ideas repeated






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






11. 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.






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






13. After this - therefore on account of this






14. The list that builds






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






16. 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.






17. 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:






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






19. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






20. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






21. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






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






24. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






25. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






27. Good Moral Character






28. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






29. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






31. Oppostite of Litotes






32. 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






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






34. Deliberate correction






35. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






36. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






38. Value Hierarchy Visualization






39. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






40. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






43. Understatement






44. 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






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






46. If A then B A Therefore B






47. Reasoning from case to case






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






49. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






50. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)