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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






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






4. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






5. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






6. Opposite of Hyperbole






7. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






9. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






10. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






11. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






12. After this - therefore on account of this






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






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






15. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






16. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






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






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






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






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






22. beginning repeated at ending






23. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Exaggeration






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






35. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






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






37. 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?






38. Structure repeated






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






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






44. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






45. Ideas repeated






46. 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






47. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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

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






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