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Persuasion

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Claims attack the person and not the issue






5. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






14. 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






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






16. 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-






17. The dictionary definition of a word






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






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






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






21. Statements claiming that some proposition is untrue or incorrect






22. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






23. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






24. 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?






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. Appeal to an unqualified expert






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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