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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What course of action should we take as a government - nation - country - or culture?






2. 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?






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






14. 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.






15. 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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16. The dictionary definition of a word






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






18. 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






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






20. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






21. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






22. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






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






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






27. Appeal to an unqualified expert






28. 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






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






30. 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!!!






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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)






36. 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?






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. The side that will argue the proposition






41. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Claims attack the person and not the issue






50. 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.