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Persuasion

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






2. 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.






3. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty






4. The side that will oppose the proposition






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






6. 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






7. Claims attack the person and not the issue






8. 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






9. 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






10. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate






11. The side that will argue the proposition






12. 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.






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






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






15. Appeal to an unqualified expert






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






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






18. 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






19. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance






20. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove






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






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






23. What is the best or most accurate definition?






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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!!!






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. The dictionary definition of a word






41. 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?






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






43. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






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






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