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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An argument whose conclusion does not follow from its premise






2. 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?






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Claims attack the person and not the issue






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






14. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






15. 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)






16. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






17. 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






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






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






20. The dictionary definition of a word






21. 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?






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






23. 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.






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






25. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






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






27. The side that will oppose the proposition






28. 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.






29. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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!!!






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Appeal to an unqualified expert






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove







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