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Persuasion
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to make a 'rational' link between your claim and evidence - which helps the audience consent to your argument
statistical evidence
Status Quo
reason
fallacy
2. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate
rhetorical claim
Status Quo
reason
proposition of value
3. Dissimilarities between two things are so much greater than their similarities - that their connection is unjustified
Status Quo
False Analogy
rhetorical claim
proposition of policy
4. 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
propaganda
emotional appeal
physical evidence
bandwagon
5. 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
rhetorical claim
evidence
propaganda
statistical evidence
6. Claims attack the person and not the issue
Limited Options ; Either/Or
Ad Hominem
bias
straw man
7. To misrepresent your opponents argument; to seemingly refute your opponent's argument when in fact you have not accurately described his/her position
Opposition
straw man
proposition of value
propaganda
8. Is it moral - right - wrong - ethical - pretty - ugly?
Status Quo
proposition of value
claim
opinion
9. A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides
Debate
emotional appeal
basic rhetorical questions
transfer
10. What course of action should we take as a government - nation - country - or culture?
Debate
Status Quo
proposition of policy
transfer
11. Advertisers intentionally do not finish a comparison - Our Candy is Sweetest - The safer car for your family
Ad Hominem
enthymeme
unfinished claim
Ipse Dixit
12. Ordinary people sell a message. You are to believe that because these people are like you - they can be trusted.
plain folk
proposition of interpretation
Ad Hominem
Non sequitur
13. The side that will oppose the proposition
Rebuttal
circumstantial evidence
Opposition
Denotation
14. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove
Ipse Dixit
proposition of interpretation
False Analogy
Circular Reasoning
15. To reduce complex matters to an either/or logic
rhetoric
false dichotomy
testimonials
Lesser of Two Evils
16. The dictionary definition of a word
rhetorical claim
Denotation
proposition of definition
Debate
17. An emotional appeal that stirs the feelings of the audience/reader/listener
Pathos
Proposition
Denotation
rhetoric
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
straw man
Persuasion
propaganda
bias
19. The process of selecting - organizing - and interpreting our experiences
Ad Hominem
unique claim
emotional appeal
perception
20. An expressed opinion - statement - or point of view
claim
dramatic evidence
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
propaganda
21. An ethical appeal that establishes the speaker's or writer's credibility and trustworthiness
Propaganda
Slippery Slope
unique claim
Ethos
22. 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
nonessential information
unique claim
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
false dichotomy
23. 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?
rhetorical claim
Persuasion
Denotation
branding
24. Assumes because one thing is allowed - worse things will occur after
characteristics of a 'good' arguer
nonessential information
Slippery Slope
Proposition
25. 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.
enthymeme
proposition of definition
straw man
proposition of policy
26. What is the best or most accurate definition?
branding
Connotation
Ethos
proposition of definition
27. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect
evidence
Propaganda
Rebuttal
snob appeal
28. An argument whose conclusion does not follow from its premise
Non sequitur
perception
characteristics of a 'good' arguer
proposition of value
29. A logical appeal or an appeal to reason (facts - statistics - and expert testimony)
glittering generality
Logos
Denotation
dramatic evidence
30. A false argument; an argument that appears to be logical - but in fact is not logical
fallacy
characteristics of a 'good' arguer
Limited Options ; Either/Or
unfinished claim
31. Deliberate spreading information - ideas - or rumors to help or harm a person - group - movement - institution or nation
opinion
bandwagon
Propaganda
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
32. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance
branding
Proposition
Rebuttal
rhetoric
33. 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
bandwagon
Denotation
essential information
basic rhetorical questions
34. 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.
proposition of policy
Ipse Dixit
nonessential information
plain folk
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)
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
dramatic evidence
statistical evidence
Connotation
36. The affirmative or positive side is proposing a (new) position or resolution. Therefore it falls to this side to show evidence for that position
branding
Burden of Proof
Propaganda
components of an argument
37. Appeal to an unqualified expert
Ipse Dixit
Begging the Question/Assertion
enthymeme
propaganda
38. 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
perception
components of an argument
avant-farde
emotional appeal
39. Telling only positive things about something or someone - without giving evidence or facts
Ethos
glittering generality
rhetoric
weasel words
40. 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
plain folk
Slippery Slope
weasel words
Proposition
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?
weasel words
Opposition
basic rhetorical questions
evidence
42. 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!!!
Connotation
fact
Pathos
common cause
43. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?
components of an argument
proposition of definition
proposition of interpretation
Ipse Dixit
44. 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
45. Assumes a statement's conclusion is true without any sufficient evidence
common cause
Begging the Question/Assertion
Connotation
claim
46. 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.
snob appeal
Debate
dramatic evidence
opinion
47. Assumes that the premise is not ideal - but a wiser choice than the opponent's
Lesser of Two Evils
avant-farde
Circular Reasoning
claim
48. 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
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
enthymeme
dramatic evidence
bias
49. Sequential relationship is misinterpreted as causal (this caused that)
Slippery Slope
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
Pathos
essential information
50. A fact that may be used to infer another fact
circumstantial evidence
claim
Ipse Dixit
straw man