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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






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






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






4. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






6. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






7. 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?






8. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






10. 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.






11. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






12. '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?






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






14. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






15. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____


16. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






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






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






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






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






22. Reasoning from case to case






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






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






25. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






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






27. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






28. Who developed the argument from general probability?






29. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






30. Opposite of Epanalepsis






31. Oppostite of Litotes






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






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






34. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






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






37. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






38. Opposite of anadiplosis






39. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






42. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






43. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






44. 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:






45. 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 -'






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Set two things in opposition






50. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience