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Persuasion
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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!!!
fact
Proponent
branding
Debate
2. 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
Pathos
essential information
proposition of value
emotional appeal
3. An argument whose conclusion does not follow from its premise
Non sequitur
branding
straw man
fact
4. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance
reason
Proposition
circumstantial evidence
Proponent
5. 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-
claim
Rebuttal
branding
components of an argument
6. Advertisers intentionally do not finish a comparison - Our Candy is Sweetest - The safer car for your family
rhetoric
Limited Options ; Either/Or
unfinished claim
Circular Reasoning
7. What is the best or most accurate definition?
False Analogy
weasel words
proposition of definition
Status Quo
8. 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.
nonessential information
components of an argument
evidence
unique claim
9. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect
Rebuttal
Circular Reasoning
Pathos
Ipse Dixit
10. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?
bias
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
proposition of interpretation
Propaganda
11. A fact that may be used to infer another fact
Limited Options ; Either/Or
Connotation
Persuasion
circumstantial evidence
12. The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word
plain folk
Connotation
Denotation
bias
13. 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
components of an argument
false dichotomy
Proposition
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
14. Claims attack the person and not the issue
fact
Ad Hominem
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
Persuasion
15. Facts - figures - numbers - graphs - charts - polls - surveys
nonessential information
Pathos
statistical evidence
basic rhetorical questions
16. 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
opinion
Rebuttal
weasel words
avant-farde
17. The affirmative or positive side is proposing a (new) position or resolution. Therefore it falls to this side to show evidence for that position
branding
unique claim
Proponent
Burden of Proof
18. 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.
emotional appeal
opinion
straw man
Debate
19. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
Logos
Status Quo
Circular Reasoning
20. Dissimilarities between two things are so much greater than their similarities - that their connection is unjustified
plain folk
Proposition
False Analogy
reason
21. 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
unique claim
basic rhetorical questions
False Analogy
Status Quo
22. 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.
transfer
circumstantial evidence
syllogism
proposition of value
23. Questioning or proving the existence or actuality of some event - action - thing - person
Propaganda
physical evidence
Non sequitur
unique claim
24. Assumes a statement's conclusion is true without any sufficient evidence
Denotation
Proponent
proposition of policy
Begging the Question/Assertion
25. The side that will argue the proposition
Proponent
common cause
characteristics of a 'good' arguer
enthymeme
26. Facts - conditions - statements - beliefs or views that others can observe and potentially agree with
plain folk
evidence
avant-farde
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
27. A false argument; an argument that appears to be logical - but in fact is not logical
proposition of interpretation
Proponent
basic rhetorical questions
fallacy
28. To misrepresent your opponents argument; to seemingly refute your opponent's argument when in fact you have not accurately described his/her position
emotional appeal
Proponent
proposition of definition
straw man
29. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position
Limited Options ; Either/Or
essential information
rhetoric
Non sequitur
30. The dictionary definition of a word
enthymeme
proposition of definition
rhetoric
Denotation
31. The ability to make a 'rational' link between your claim and evidence - which helps the audience consent to your argument
Proposition
reason
fallacy
emotional appeal
32. Assumes because one thing is allowed - worse things will occur after
claim
Slippery Slope
rhetoric
Status Quo
33. Assumes that the premise is not ideal - but a wiser choice than the opponent's
proposition of interpretation
evidence
unfinished claim
Lesser of Two Evils
34. 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
perception
transfer
plain folk
syllogism
35. 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
branding
Lesser of Two Evils
bias
unique claim
36. 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?
Debate
branding
evidence
basic rhetorical questions
37. 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
38. 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?
fallacy
Rebuttal
weasel words
rhetorical claim
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
propaganda
testimonials
proposition of definition
syllogism
40. Telling only positive things about something or someone - without giving evidence or facts
rhetoric
weasel words
Status Quo
glittering generality
41. 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.
weasel words
Connotation
basic rhetorical questions
enthymeme
42. An emotional appeal that stirs the feelings of the audience/reader/listener
plain folk
Pathos
unique claim
Non sequitur
43. What course of action should we take as a government - nation - country - or culture?
Burden of Proof
proposition of policy
transfer
testimonials
44. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty
basic rhetorical questions
Persuasion
unfinished claim
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
45. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate
common cause
Logos
Status Quo
proposition of definition
46. 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.
components of an argument
proposition of policy
statistical evidence
Debate
47. A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides
opinion
bias
characteristics of a 'good' arguer
Debate
48. Appeal to an unqualified expert
fact
Burden of Proof
Begging the Question/Assertion
Ipse Dixit
49. Is it moral - right - wrong - ethical - pretty - ugly?
Pathos
proposition of value
Proponent
Non sequitur
50. Evidence supporting the team's position or used to denigrate or defeat the opposing view
Lesser of Two Evils
weasel words
Proof
testimonials