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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. Opposite of Anaphora






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






4. An argument with true premises and valid form






5. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






6. A or B Not A Therefore - B






7. 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






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






9. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






10. 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






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






12. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






14. 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






15. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






17. Opposite of Epistrophe






18. Structure repeated






19. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






20. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






21. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






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






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






24. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






26. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






27. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






28. Opposite of Epanalepsis






29. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






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






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






32. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






33. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






34. Ending repeated






35. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






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






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






39. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






40. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






41. 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






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






43. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






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






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






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






47. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






48. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






49. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






50. Beginning repeated