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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






2. beginning repeated at ending






3. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






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






5. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






6. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






7. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






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






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






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






11. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






12. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






14. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






15. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






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






17. What vehicles and tenors share






18. Exaggeration






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






20. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






21. 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)






22. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






23. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






25. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






26. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






28. 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






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






30. After this - therefore on account of this






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






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






33. 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






34. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






36. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






37. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






40. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






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






42. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






43. Opposite of Epanalepsis






44. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






45. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






46. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






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






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






49. Opposite of Anaphora






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