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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






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






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






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






6. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






9. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






10. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






11. Oppostite of Litotes






12. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






13. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






14. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






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






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






17. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






18. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






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






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






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






22. Circular Reasoning






23. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






24. What vehicles and tenors share






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






26. 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






27. After this - therefore on account of this






28. An argument that follows proper logical form






29. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






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






31. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






33. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






34. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






35. Good Moral Character






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






37. Who developed the argument from general probability?






38. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






39. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






40. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






41. Structure repeated






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






43. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






45. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






46. Opposite of Anaphora






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






48. 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






49. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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