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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
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1. What course of action should we take as a government - nation - country - or culture?






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. The side that will argue the proposition






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






21. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






22. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






23. 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






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






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






26. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






27. 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.






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






29. Appeal to an unqualified expert






30. The side that will oppose the proposition






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. The dictionary definition of a word






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






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






38. 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






39. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






40. 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.






41. 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-






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






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






45. 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?






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






50. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position







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