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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






2. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






3. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






4. 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






5. Oppostite of Litotes






6. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






7. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






9. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






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






11. The list that builds






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






13. An argument that follows proper logical form






14. 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?






15. 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






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






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






18. What vehicles and tenors share






19. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






20. Opposite of anadiplosis






21. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






23. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






24. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






25. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






26. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






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






28. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






30. 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






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






32. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






33. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






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






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






37. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






38. An argument with true premises and valid form






39. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






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






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






43. 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?






44. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






45. 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






46. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






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






48. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






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






50. 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