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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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.






2. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






3. 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!!!






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






5. 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?






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






7. 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






8. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






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






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






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






12. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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






14. 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






15. Facts - conditions - statements - beliefs or views that others can observe and potentially agree with






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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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24. The side that will oppose the proposition






25. 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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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-






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






39. 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






40. 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?






41. 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.






42. The side that will argue the proposition






43. 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






44. The dictionary definition of a word






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






46. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






47. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






49. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






50. 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