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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. The side that will oppose the proposition






6. 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






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






8. Claims attack the person and not the issue






9. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






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






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






12. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






13. 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






14. Appeal to an unqualified expert






15. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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?






25. The dictionary definition of a word






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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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31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






37. 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






38. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






39. 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-






40. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The side that will argue the proposition






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






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