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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






2. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






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






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






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






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






7. Beginning repeated






8. 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?






9. An argument with true premises and valid form






10. 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






11. Opposite of Epanalepsis






12. 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.






13. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






16. Ideas repeated






17. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






19. Deliberate correction






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






21. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






22. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






23. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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






25. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






26. Ask a rhetorical question






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






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






29. Ending repeated






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






31. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






32. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






34. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






41. Opposite of Hyperbole






42. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






43. Term with lower (negative) value






44. Appeals from the character of the speaker






45. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






46. 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.






47. 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






48. Good Moral Character






49. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






50. An argument that follows proper logical form