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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






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






3. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






4. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






5. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






6. 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'






7. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






9. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






11. 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.






12. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






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






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






15. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






16. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






18. Oppostite of Litotes






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






20. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






21. beginning repeated at ending






22. If A then B A Therefore B






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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'






28. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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29. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






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






32. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. Reasoning from case to case






37. Deliberate correction






38. 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?






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






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






41. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






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






45. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






46. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






48. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






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