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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Good Moral Character






2. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






3. beginning repeated at ending






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






5. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






6. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






7. 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'






8. An argument that follows proper logical form






9. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






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






12. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






13. 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?






14. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






17. Structure repeated






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






19. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






21. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






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. Ask a rhetorical question






25. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






26. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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

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






29. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






31. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






32. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






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






35. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






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






37. 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.






38. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






40. 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






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






42. Understatement






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






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






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






46. Appeals from the character of the speaker






47. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






49. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






50. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?