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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word






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






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






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






5. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






6. 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


7. 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)






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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






15. 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?






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






24. The side that will argue the proposition






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






26. 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






27. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






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






29. 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






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. Claims attack the person and not the issue






32. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






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






35. 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-






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






45. The dictionary definition of a word






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






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






48. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






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






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