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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






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






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






4. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






5. A or B Not A Therefore - B






6. 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.






7. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






8. 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:






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






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






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






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






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






19. What vehicles and tenors share






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






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






22. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






28. Term with higher (positive) value






29. Understatement






30. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






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






32. 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'






33. An argument that follows proper logical form






34. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






35. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






36. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






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






38. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






39. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






40. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






42. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






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






45. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






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






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






48. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






49. 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'






50. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'







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