Persuasion Flashcards

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Persuasion

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The art of swaying others feelings, beliefs, or actions

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Repetition

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To repeat oneself in a variety of ways

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Argument

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Speaking or writing that a presses a position on a problem and supports it with reasons and evidence

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Claim

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The writers position on an issue

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Evidence

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Specific piece of information

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Stereotype

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A dangerous type of overgeneralization, it can lead to unfair judgments of people based on their ethnic

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Emotional appeal

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Messages that create strong feeling to make a point

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Generalization

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Broad statement about a class or category of people, ideas, or things

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Faulty reasoning

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False or misleading statements

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Bandwagon

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Suggest a persons should believe because everyone else does

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Loaded language

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Language consisting of words with strongly positive or negative connotations

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Refute

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A statement to prove that someone is wrong

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Rebuttal

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to prove something is false by using argument or evidence, disprove opposing arguments

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Debate

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A structured argument, that requires preparation,with two opposing teams

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Editorial

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An opinion piece that usually appears on the newspaper or new broadcast, expresses opinions

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Counter argument

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An argument made to respond to the opposite view

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Rhetoric question

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Questions that have such obvious answer that they do not require to reply

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Fallacy

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False

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Direct address

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A technique in which the writer addresses the audience by using the pronoun you