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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sequential relationship is misinterpreted as causal (this caused that)






2. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






3. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






4. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






6. 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?






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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?






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






19. 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.






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






21. Appeal to an unqualified expert






22. What is the best or most accurate definition?






23. 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.






24. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






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. The side that will argue the proposition






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






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






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






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






34. The dictionary definition of a word






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






37. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






38. Claims attack the person and not the issue






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






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






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






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






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







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