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Basic Public Debating MCQ

1. Opposite of Anaphora

Non Sequitur

Epistrophe

Post hoc - ergo propter hoc

Blame

Answer

Correct Answer: Epistrophe

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

Sophist

Consistency

Red Herring

Shifting the Burden of Proof

Answer

Correct Answer: Consistency

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3. Who developed the argument from general probability?

Corax

Correctio

Example

Locus of Existence

Answer

Correct Answer: Corax

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4. 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

Tu Quoque

Anadiplosis

Loci of the Preferable

(Argument by) Analogy

Answer

Correct Answer: Loci of the Preferable

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

Qualitative (Stasis)

Situationally flawed

Agree on Commonality then refute

Quantitative (significance)

Answer

Correct Answer: Qualitative (Stasis)

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

Questionable Analogy

Anaphora

Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)

Conceding Arguments

Answer

Correct Answer: Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)

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7. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive

Tokenism

Hyperbole

Attitudinal (inherency)

Informal Debate

Answer

Correct Answer: Tokenism

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8. 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)

(Special Topoi for) Democrats

Hyperbole

Fallacy Fallacy

Euphimism

Answer

Correct Answer: Fallacy Fallacy

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

Ambiguity

(Argument by) Example

Checking for Example argument

Epistrophe

Answer

Correct Answer: Ambiguity

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10. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing

Gorgias

Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)

Term I (Disassociation Pair)

Claim

Answer

Correct Answer: Claim

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

Fallacy Fallacy

Valid

Cicero's Four Stasis Points

Attitudinal (inherency)

Answer

Correct Answer: Attitudinal (inherency)

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

Ill

Fallacies

Value Hierarchies

Gorgias

Answer

Correct Answer: Fallacies

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13. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original

Appeal to Authority

Locus of Quality

Checking for Testimony argument

Cost

Answer

Correct Answer: Locus of Quality

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

Good Will (Ethos)

Disassociation of Concepts

Grounds (or data)

Rhetoric

Answer

Correct Answer: Grounds (or data)

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15. An argument that follows proper logical form

Disassociation of Concepts

Sound

Attitudinal (inherency)

Valid

Answer

Correct Answer: Valid

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16. 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

Antithesis

Decorum

Red Herring

Associated Commonplaces

Answer

Correct Answer: Red Herring

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

Mixed Metaphor

Nonassociated (commonplaces)

Unequivocal

Cicero's Four Stasis Points

Answer

Correct Answer: Mixed Metaphor

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18. After this - therefore on account of this

Anadiplosis

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Division

Toulmin Model

Answer

Correct Answer: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

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19. Beginning repeated at ending

Tu Quoque

Shifting the Burden of Proof

False Dichotomy

Epanalepsis

Answer

Correct Answer: Epanalepsis

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20. 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

Manufactroversy

Good Will (Ethos)

Emotionally Charged (Language)

Direct Refutation

Answer

Correct Answer: Manufactroversy

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

Sign

Decorum

Conceding Arguments

Questionable Analogy

Answer

Correct Answer: Sign

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22. Good Moral Character

Appeal to Authority

Burden of proof

Honesty - Dedication - Courage

Cost

Answer

Correct Answer: Honesty - Dedication - Courage

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

Isocrates

Questionable Analogy

First

Term I/Term II

Answer

Correct Answer: First

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24. Ideas repeated

Debate Resolutions

Unrepresentative Sample

Non Sequitur

Exergasia

Answer

Correct Answer: Exergasia

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

Post hoc - ergo propter hoc

Ill

Popular Democracy

Definitional (Stasis)

Answer

Correct Answer: Popular Democracy

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

Turn

(Special Topoi for) Republicans

Corax

Epanalepsis

Answer

Correct Answer: Turn

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27. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction

Arguments

Stock Issues

Exergasia

Argument

Answer

Correct Answer: Arguments

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