Persuasion Flashcards
Persuasion
The art of swaying others feelings, beliefs, or actions
Repetition
To repeat oneself in a variety of ways
Argument
Speaking or writing that a presses a position on a problem and supports it with reasons and evidence
Claim
The writers position on an issue
Evidence
Specific piece of information
Stereotype
A dangerous type of overgeneralization, it can lead to unfair judgments of people based on their ethnic
Emotional appeal
Messages that create strong feeling to make a point
Generalization
Broad statement about a class or category of people, ideas, or things
Faulty reasoning
False or misleading statements
Bandwagon
Suggest a persons should believe because everyone else does
Loaded language
Language consisting of words with strongly positive or negative connotations
Refute
A statement to prove that someone is wrong
Rebuttal
to prove something is false by using argument or evidence, disprove opposing arguments
Debate
A structured argument, that requires preparation,with two opposing teams
Editorial
An opinion piece that usually appears on the newspaper or new broadcast, expresses opinions
Counter argument
An argument made to respond to the opposite view
Rhetoric question
Questions that have such obvious answer that they do not require to reply
Fallacy
False
Direct address
A technique in which the writer addresses the audience by using the pronoun you
