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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






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






3. 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






4. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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?






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






14. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






15. 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?






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






17. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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)






21. The side that will oppose the proposition






22. The dictionary definition of a word






23. 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






24. 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






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. The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word






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






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






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






30. Claims attack the person and not the issue






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






36. 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!!!






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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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45. An expressed opinion - statement - or point of view






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






47. 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.






48. The side that will argue the proposition






49. 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






50. 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