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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






2. 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'






3. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






4. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






6. 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






7. Beginning repeated






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






9. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






10. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






11. Appeals from the character of the speaker






12. Circular Reasoning






13. 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.






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






15. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






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






17. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Exaggeration






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






24. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






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






26. What vehicles and tenors share






27. 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'






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






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






30. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






31. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






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






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






35. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






36. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






37. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






38. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






39. 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'






40. Deliberate correction






41. If A then B B Therefore - A






42. Opposite of Anaphora






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






44. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






46. After this - therefore on account of this






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






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






49. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






50. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.