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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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






3. 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






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






5. 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!!!






6. The study of persuasion and its ways and means - the science of discourse - well-crafted communication that helps your achieve your persona - social - and/or political goals






7. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






8. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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

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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Appeal to an unqualified expert






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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






26. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






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. 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?






41. The side that will argue the proposition






42. 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?






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






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. 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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






49. The dictionary definition of a word






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