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Persuasion

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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-






7. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






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






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






11. 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






12. 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?






13. 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






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






15. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






21. 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






22. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






23. 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)






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






25. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






41. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






43. 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.






44. 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?






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






46. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






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






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






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






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