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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides






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






3. Claims attack the person and not the issue






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 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






6. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






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






8. 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?






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






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






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






13. The side that will argue the proposition






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






22. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






23. The side that will oppose the proposition






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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!!!






32. What is the best or most accurate definition?






33. 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.






34. 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-






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






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






37. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






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






39. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Appeal to an unqualified expert






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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