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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






2. If A then B B Therefore - A






3. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






4. Understatement






5. Structure repeated






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






7. 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'






8. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






9. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






10. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






12. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






13. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






15. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






16. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






17. Term with lower (negative) value






18. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






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






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






22. The list that builds






23. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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






25. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






26. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






35. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






37. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






46. 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






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






48. 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'






49. 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'






50. 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'