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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






2. Ask a rhetorical question






3. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






4. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






7. 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






8. Circular Reasoning






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






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






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






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






13. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






14. A or B Not A Therefore - B






15. 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






16. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






18. 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.






19. '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?






20. Metaphors use ____ and ____






21. What vehicles and tenors share






22. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






25. 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?






26. Ending repeated






27. 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?






28. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






29. 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.






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






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






32. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






33. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






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






35. 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






36. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






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






38. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






39. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






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






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






42. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






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






44. Set two things in opposition






45. 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






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






47. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






49. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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