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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Telling only positive things about something or someone - without giving evidence or facts






2. What is the best or most accurate definition?






3. 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?






4. Claims attack the person and not the issue






5. 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)






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






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






8. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






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






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






12. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






14. 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


15. 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






16. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






17. 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






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






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






20. 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!!!






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






22. 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.






23. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Appeal to an unqualified expert






31. The side that will argue the proposition






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






33. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






34. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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. 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






45. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






46. 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?






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






48. 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






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






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