Test your basic knowledge |

Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






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






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






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






6. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






8. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






9. 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






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






11. 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'






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






13. Opposite of anadiplosis






14. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






15. 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?






16. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






17. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






20. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






21. An argument that follows proper logical form






22. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






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






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






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






26. Reasoning from case to case






27. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






28. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






29. 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?






30. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






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






33. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






34. 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






35. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






36. 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






37. 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






38. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






39. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






40. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






41. 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)






42. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






43. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






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






45. 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?






46. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






48. Ask a rhetorical question






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






50. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy