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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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.






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






3. 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-






4. Narrative (story) - anecdotal (brieft tale or story that lends itself to but does not prove a conclusion) - participation - demonstation - performance - testimonial (eyewitness - expert - authority - celebrity)






5. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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






9. The side that will oppose the proposition






10. What course of action should we take as a government - nation - country - or culture?






11. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






12. A false argument; an argument that appears to be logical - but in fact is not logical






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. 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?






17. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






18. Facts - conditions - statements - beliefs or views that others can observe and potentially agree with






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






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






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






22. 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!!!






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






45. 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






46. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






47. The side that will argue the proposition






48. 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






49. The dictionary definition of a word






50. 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






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