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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Evidence supporting the team's position or used to denigrate or defeat the opposing view






2. When you read a nonfiction passage - you must decide what information is important and what is not. What you must remember is the essential information. Essential information is necessary to understand a passage. This includes the main idea and the s






3. Words or images that appeal to the audience's emotions are used. The appeal may be to positive emotions - such as desire for success - or to negative ones - such as fear.






4. A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides






5. The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word






6. An argument whose conclusion does not follow from its premise






7. Is it moral - right - wrong - ethical - pretty - ugly?






8. To misrepresent your opponents argument; to seemingly refute your opponent's argument when in fact you have not accurately described his/her position






9. Assumes because one thing is allowed - worse things will occur after






10. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






11. Assumes that the premise is not ideal - but a wiser choice than the opponent's






12. When you assume that the audience will automatically supply and accept an unspoken premise; construct an argument that does not explicitly state all the premises because you know the audience members will fill in those premises on their own.






13. The affirmative or positive side is proposing a (new) position or resolution. Therefore it falls to this side to show evidence for that position






14. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






15. An ethical appeal that establishes the speaker's or writer's credibility and trustworthiness






16. The side that will oppose the proposition






17. Advertisers intentionally do not finish a comparison - Our Candy is Sweetest - The safer car for your family






18. This technique wants you to associate the good feelings created in the ad with the product - Because you deserve it - We want you to have the best.






19. To treat one cause among many as if it is the single cause






20. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






21. control the frame: how we see and understand the argument - good use of language: be aware of the language - be aware of the question and answer: try to be on offense instead of defense - think about your presentation style

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22. Advertisers make it seem that the product is so new that you will be the first on the block to have it - The motor car is the magic carpet of modern times - Something new for the boys






23. The study of persuasion and its ways and means - the science of discourse - well-crafted communication that helps your achieve your persona - social - and/or political goals






24. An argument based on two premises and a conclusion that is logically true - E.g. vegetarian do not eat meat - I am a vegetarian - Therefore - I do not eat meat






25. Questioning or proving the existence or actuality of some event - action - thing - person






26. An expressed opinion - statement - or point of view






27. The side that will argue the proposition






28. Improve our ability to argue for our views and perspectives - Improve our ability to provide counter-arguments to other people's arguments - Improve our ability to assess the legitimacy of arguments in general.






29. Assumes a statement's conclusion is true without any sufficient evidence






30. Deliberate spreading information - ideas - or rumors to help or harm a person - group - movement - institution or nation






31. A concept whose truth can be proved/ a statement that can proved true - E.g. See if You can Reduce Your Debt Payments up to 50% or more with a Free Financial Evaluation!- FREE SHIPPING & 3 FREE Gifts with your order of $55 or more!!!






32. Advertisers try to make their products stand out by focusing on a single element that is found only in their product - hoping that consumers will think this means their product is better - he only breathmint that has retsyn - There's nothing else lik






33. Ordinary people sell a message. You are to believe that because these people are like you - they can be trusted.






34. The information that is not necessary to understand the passage is called nonessential information. This may include opinions or details that do not add to the main idea of the passage.






35. Tries to persuade the reader to do - think - or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it - The famous McDonald's billboards displaying how many hamburgers the restaurants have sold. Mocked by Jerry Seinfeld: 'How insecure is this c






36. Telling only positive things about something or someone - without giving evidence or facts






37. What is the best or most accurate definition?






38. Persuading by making people feel as though they are one of the elite if they are using a particular product or thinking a certain way






39. An author may write with bias - an unfair fondness or dislike for something. For example - suppose an author believes that the government should be tougher on teen crime. If the author wrote an article about teenage crime - his/her bias would most li






40. A fact that may be used to infer another fact






41. Dissimilarities between two things are so much greater than their similarities - that their connection is unjustified






42. A logical appeal or an appeal to reason (facts - statistics - and expert testimony)






43. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






44. To reduce complex matters to an either/or logic






45. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






46. Claims attack the person and not the issue






47. An emotional appeal that stirs the feelings of the audience/reader/listener






48. The business technique that uses narration and storytelling to evoke a particular experience of a product - person - company. Also used to promote particular lifestyles. By consuming this bran - you participate within this lifestyle - e.g. Starbucks-






49. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






50. Appeal to an unqualified expert







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