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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






2. 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'






3. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






4. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






5. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






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






7. Metaphors use ____ and ____






8. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






11. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






13. Term with lower (negative) value






14. 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'






15. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






16. Who developed the argument from general probability?






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






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






21. Reasoning from case to case






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






24. Opposite of anadiplosis






25. 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.






26. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






28. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






29. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






31. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






32. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






33. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






34. 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






35. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






36. Circular Reasoning






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






38. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






39. 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'






40. 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






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






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






43. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






46. 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:






47. '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?






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






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






50. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares