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Public Debating
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Epistrophe
Aristotle
Isocrates
Second (or) Third
2. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Stock Issues
Mixed Metaphor
3. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope
Anadiplosis
Simile
(Special Topoi for) Science
Modus Ponens
4. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Antithesis
Rhetoric
Presumption
Status
5. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Testimony
Situationally flawed
Mixed Metaphor
Unrepresentative Sample
6. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Cliche
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Small Sample
Refutation Potential
7. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Blame
First
Hyperbole
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
8. Appeals from the character of the speaker
Mercenary Scientists
Litotes
Quantitative (significance)
Ethos
9. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Burden of Rejoinder
Informal Debate
Parallelism
Refutation Strategies
10. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Aristotle
Locus of Quality
Enthymeme
11. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Hyperbole
Anadiplosis
Ad Hominem
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
12. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Simile
Attitudinal (inherency)
Equivocation
Agree on Commonality then refute
13. Beginning repeated
Begging the Question
Anaphora
Associated Commonplaces
Informal Debate
14. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Correctio
Conjectural (Stasis)
Locus of Essence
Tu Quoque
15. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.
Sign
Fallacies
Enthymeme
Stasis
16. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Plato
Aristotle
Composition
17. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Loci of the Preferable
Presumption
Intelligence
Simile
18. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Tokenism
Composition
Sign
Burden of Rejoinder
19. Term with lower (negative) value
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Common Practice (Fallacy)
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Simile
20. 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.
Composition
Appeal to Authority
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Valid
21. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing
Appeal to Ignorance
Enthymeme
Claim
Sign
22. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'
Isocrates
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Red Herring
Debate Resolutions
23. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Associated Commonplaces
Blame
Ill
Checking for Sign argument
24. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Procedural (Stasis)
Checking for Testimony argument
Ad Hominem
Protagoras
25. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Appeal to Ignorance
Unequivocal
Hyperbole
Cure
26. Opposite of anadiplosis
Good Moral Character
Fallacy Fallacy
Epanalepsis
Sophist
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
Equivocation
Correctio
Agree on Commonality then refute
Unrepresentative Sample
28. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Ill
Value-Oriented Arguments
Archetypal (Metaphor)
(Argument from) Sign
29. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Blame
Exergasia
Conceding Arguments
Division
30. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.
Division
Checking for Example argument
Example
Correctio
31. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Argument
Decorum
Tu Quoque
Conceding Arguments
32. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole
Metaphor
Anaphora
Composition
Example
33. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Enthymeme
Antithesis
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Second (or) Third
34. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
Appeal to Authority
Blame
False Dichotomy
Locus of Quality
35. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Sign
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Exergasia
Incrementum
36. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Grounds (or data)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Blame
Correctio
37. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?
Personification
Modus Ponens
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Term I/Term II
38. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Modus Tollens
Locus of Existence
Anadiplosis
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
39. 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
Tu Quoque
Status
Ill
Equivocation
40. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Exergasia
Anadiplosis
Tools of Refutation
Epistrophe
41. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le
Hasty Generalization
Stock Issues
Manufactroversy
(Fallacy of) Accident
42. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Value-Oriented Arguments
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Good Moral Character
Antithesis
43. 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?
Checking for Narrative argument
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Checking for Example argument
44. 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?
Checking for Cause argement
Stasis
Blame
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
45. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Value Hierarchies
Ad Populum
Aristotle
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
46. Ending repeated
Epistrophe
Example
Cliche
Blame
47. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Checking for Sign argument
Turn
Tisias
Straw Person
48. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?
Division
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Second (or) Third
Metaphor
49. Ideas repeated
Erotema
Direct Refutation
Exergasia
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
50. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Appeal to Authority
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Litotes
Begging the Question
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