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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. beginning repeated at ending






8. 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






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






10. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






11. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






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






13. The list that builds






14. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






16. 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'






17. A or B Not A Therefore - B






18. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






20. Opposite of Epanalepsis






21. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






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






25. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






26. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






27. 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






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






29. Reasoning from case to case






30. Appeals from the character of the speaker






31. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






33. Circular Reasoning






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






35. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






36. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






37. Opposite of Hyperbole






38. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






39. Opposite of Anaphora






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






41. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






42. 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






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






44. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






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






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






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






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






50. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates