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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






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






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






4. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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






6. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






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






8. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






9. 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.






10. Opposite of Anaphora






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






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






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






14. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






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






16. Term with higher (positive) value






17. Good Moral Character






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






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






20. 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






21. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






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






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






25. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






26. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






28. 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?






29. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






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






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






32. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






35. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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






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






39. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






40. 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'






41. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






42. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






43. Beginning repeated






44. beginning repeated at ending






45. Opposite of Hyperbole






46. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






47. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






49. 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






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