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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






2. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






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






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






5. 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'






6. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






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






8. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






9. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






10. Ideas repeated






11. 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?






12. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






13. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






15. 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)






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






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






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






19. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






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






21. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






23. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






24. What vehicles and tenors share






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






26. 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






27. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






29. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






36. 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






37. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






38. Opposite of Anaphora






39. 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'






40. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






41. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






42. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






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






44. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






45. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






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






47. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






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






50. 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?