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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)






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






3. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






4. 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.






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






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






7. The dictionary definition of a word






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






12. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






14. 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






15. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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?






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






21. The side that will argue the proposition






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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






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






29. 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






30. Facts - figures - numbers - graphs - charts - polls - surveys






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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?






39. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






48. 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.






49. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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