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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






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






3. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






4. Metaphors use ____ and ____






5. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






6. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






7. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






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






10. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






11. 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?






12. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






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






14. 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.






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






16. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






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






18. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






19. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






20. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






21. Ask a rhetorical question






22. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






23. Deliberate correction






24. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






25. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






26. 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'






27. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






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






29. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






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






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






33. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






34. 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'






35. Reasoning from case to case






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






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






38. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






39. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






41. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






43. 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






44. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






45. Exaggeration






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






47. Structure repeated






48. 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






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






50. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing