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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






2. 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?






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






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






5. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






6. Opposite of Anaphora






7. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






8. beginning repeated at ending






9. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






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






13. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






14. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






15. Ask a rhetorical question






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






17. 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?






18. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






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






20. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






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






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






24. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






26. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






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






28. 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






29. Reasoning from case to case






30. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






31. Term with higher (positive) value






32. 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






33. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






34. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






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






36. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






37. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






38. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






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. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






41. 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?






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






43. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






44. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






45. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






46. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






48. 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






49. Structure repeated






50. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience