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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. Advertisers ask rhetorical questions or make statments so that consumers associate certain ideas and emotions with their products - on't you want the best protection you can get with your deoderant? - Wouldn't you love a Sunway Airlines Vacation?






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






3. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






5. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






6. Advertisers sometimes use words or phrases that seem significant - but on closer inspection they are actually meaningless - e.g. 'Leaves dishes virtually spotless.' We have seen so many ad claims that we have learned to tune out weasels. You are sup






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






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






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






10. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






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






12. Evidence supporting the team's position or used to denigrate or defeat the opposing view






13. The side that will oppose the proposition






14. 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!!!






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






16. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






17. We call agree on the proper definitions of freedom and democracy - we can all agree that freedom and democracy are inherently good and are worth fighting a war - we agree that American freedom and American democracy are applicable to a non-American c






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






20. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






21. What's my message? - Who's my audience? - How should I adapt my message to my specific audience? - What's my rhetorical strategy? - What's my goal?






22. 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-






23. 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.






24. The side that will argue the proposition






25. 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






26. Advertisers use celebrities and regular people to endorse products - If it's good enough for astronauts its good enough for you - The official candy bar of the Olympic Games






27. A statement that cannot be proved true. It is something that someone/author thinks - believes - feels. Some clue words associated with opinions are; think. appears - feel - believes. seems.






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. What is the best or most accurate definition?






35. Appeal to an unqualified expert






36. 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






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






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






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. The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word






41. Claims attack the person and not the issue






42. The dictionary definition of a word






43. Sequential relationship is misinterpreted as causal (this caused that)






44. 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






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






46. Propaganda is a systematic way of spreading beliefs through a combination of facts - opinions disguised as facts - and repetition. Sometimes there is also some stretching of the truth. When you read - decide whether the author is trying to persuade y






47. 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






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






49. The process of selecting - organizing - and interpreting our experiences






50. The ability to make a 'rational' link between your claim and evidence - which helps the audience consent to your argument