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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






2. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






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






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






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






8. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






9. 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






10. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






12. 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.






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






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. The side that will argue the proposition






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






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






18. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






20. Appeal to an unqualified expert






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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?






42. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






43. 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!!!






44. 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






45. The dictionary definition of a word






46. 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.






47. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






48. 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.






49. 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






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