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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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?






2. The side that will oppose the proposition






3. 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!!!






4. 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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5. 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






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






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






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






9. What is the best or most accurate definition?






10. The dictionary definition of a word






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






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






16. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






17. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






19. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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-






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






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






35. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






36. 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






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






38. Appeal to an unqualified expert






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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?






50. The side that will argue the proposition