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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. 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!!!
Circular Reasoning
fact
proposition of policy
Ethos
2. Evidence supporting the team's position or used to denigrate or defeat the opposing view
Proof
rhetoric
claim
basic rhetorical questions
3. 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.
false dichotomy
Debate
branding
nonessential information
4. 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?
Pathos
Status Quo
Proposition
basic rhetorical questions
5. A fact that may be used to infer another fact
dramatic evidence
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
circumstantial evidence
Slippery Slope
6. What is the best or most accurate interpretation?
proposition of interpretation
claim
opinion
Burden of Proof
7. Assumes that the premise is not ideal - but a wiser choice than the opponent's
Lesser of Two Evils
False Analogy
Opposition
fact
8. A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
Debate
glittering generality
circumstantial evidence
9. 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
rhetoric
Propaganda
fallacy
avant-farde
10. The affirmative or positive side is proposing a (new) position or resolution. Therefore it falls to this side to show evidence for that position
Slippery Slope
Burden of Proof
testimonials
weasel words
11. A false argument; an argument that appears to be logical - but in fact is not logical
proposition of value
Persuasion
fallacy
unique claim
12. What course of action should we take as a government - nation - country - or culture?
basic rhetorical questions
proposition of policy
Burden of Proof
nonessential information
13. The side that will argue the proposition
Proponent
Status Quo
Propaganda
proposition of interpretation
14. A logical appeal or an appeal to reason (facts - statistics - and expert testimony)
Logos
Rebuttal
emotional appeal
claim
15. Assumes a statement's conclusion is true without any sufficient evidence
testimonials
nonessential information
Begging the Question/Assertion
syllogism
16. The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word
proposition of definition
nonessential information
essential information
Connotation
17. Facts - figures - numbers - graphs - charts - polls - surveys
reason
statistical evidence
opinion
Lesser of Two Evils
18. 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
unique claim
unfinished claim
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
Ad Hominem
19. 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.
Propaganda
transfer
common cause
claim
20. The side that will oppose the proposition
essential information
Proposition
basic rhetorical questions
Opposition
21. 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
Ethos
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
rhetorical claim
dramatic evidence
22. 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
essential information
False Analogy
testimonials
avant-farde
23. Does not acknowledge the possibility of a neutral position
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
Connotation
Limited Options ; Either/Or
common cause
24. Assumes because one thing is allowed - worse things will occur after
Begging the Question/Assertion
statistical evidence
Slippery Slope
proposition of value
25. Telling only positive things about something or someone - without giving evidence or facts
False Analogy
glittering generality
bandwagon
characteristics of a 'good' arguer
26. 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
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27. 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.
Slippery Slope
components of an argument
statistical evidence
Persuasion
28. 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.
opinion
Proponent
Limited Options ; Either/Or
glittering generality
29. Deliberate spreading information - ideas - or rumors to help or harm a person - group - movement - institution or nation
fallacy
Propaganda
Slippery Slope
dramatic evidence
30. Takes as evidence what it claims to prove
rhetoric
bandwagon
Rebuttal
Circular Reasoning
31. Inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty
Persuasion
False Analogy
Proof
nonessential information
32. 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
rhetoric
the unspoken premises of an enthymeme
proposition of definition
physical evidence
33. An argument whose conclusion does not follow from its premise
Limited Options ; Either/Or
Lesser of Two Evils
Status Quo
Non sequitur
34. The ability to make a 'rational' link between your claim and evidence - which helps the audience consent to your argument
evidence
Denotation
components of an argument
reason
35. Claims attack the person and not the issue
Connotation
essential information
Ad Hominem
bandwagon
36. 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
transfer
nonessential information
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
testimonials
37. An expressed opinion - statement - or point of view
opinion
Status Quo
claim
propaganda
38. The generally held opinion held prior to the debate
statistical evidence
Status Quo
Lesser of Two Evils
unique claim
39. A suggestion that is offered for consideration or acceptance
Lesser of Two Evils
Proposition
Logos
fallacy
40. Sequential relationship is misinterpreted as causal (this caused that)
physical evidence
Persuasion
bias
Post Hoc - Ergo Propter Hoc
41. Is it moral - right - wrong - ethical - pretty - ugly?
proposition of value
Slippery Slope
Lesser of Two Evils
statistical evidence
42. 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-
unfinished claim
Circular Reasoning
branding
dramatic evidence
43. Facts - conditions - statements - beliefs or views that others can observe and potentially agree with
evidence
Non sequitur
syllogism
proposition of definition
44. 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
syllogism
unique claim
dramatic evidence
claim
45. 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
snob appeal
physical evidence
testimonials
common cause
46. An ethical appeal that establishes the speaker's or writer's credibility and trustworthiness
Ethos
nonessential information
straw man
Non sequitur
47. 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
false dichotomy
Limited Options ; Either/Or
avant-farde
bandwagon
48. 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)
evidence
dramatic evidence
rhetoric
unique claim
49. Appeal to an unqualified expert
evidence
Ipse Dixit
Limited Options ; Either/Or
perception
50. What is the best or most accurate definition?
perception
proposition of definition
Denotation
bias
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