Public Debating MCQ Questions Answers

1. Opposite of Anaphora

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

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

4. Who developed the argument from general probability?

5. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares

6. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.

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

8. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive

9. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)

10. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings

11. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing

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

13. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)

14. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original

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

16. An argument that follows proper logical form

17. 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

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

19. After this - therefore on account of this

20. Beginning repeated at ending

21. 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

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

23. Good Moral Character

24. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?

25. Ideas repeated

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

27. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)

28. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction