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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






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






4. 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?






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Appeal to an unqualified expert






16. 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!!!






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






22. 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?






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. Claims attack the person and not the issue






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






40. 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






41. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






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






43. 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






44. 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-






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






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






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






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






50. 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)







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