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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
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1. A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides






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






3. 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






4. The dictionary definition of a word






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






6. 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.






7. 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?






8. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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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16. 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?






17. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






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






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






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






22. Appeal to an unqualified expert






23. 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!!!






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






25. 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






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






27. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. 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-






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






43. The side that will oppose the proposition






44. What is the best or most accurate definition?






45. 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.






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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