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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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. 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






4. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






5. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






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






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






8. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






9. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






10. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






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






13. 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:






14. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






16. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






17. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






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






26. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






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






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






29. 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?






30. What vehicles and tenors share






31. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






32. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






33. beginning repeated at ending






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






35. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






41. 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






42. Metaphors use ____ and ____






43. Reasoning from case to case






44. 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'






45. Term with higher (positive) value






46. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






47. Set two things in opposition






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






49. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






50. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read







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