persuation Flashcards

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Persuasion

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the art of swaying others’ feelings, beliefs, or actions.

appeals to both the intellect and the
emotions of readers.

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Persuasive Techniques

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methods used to influence
others to adopt certain opinions
or beliefs or to act in certain
ways

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types of persuation techniques

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– emotional appeals (pathos)
– appeal to logic (logos)
– ethical appeals (ethos)
– appeals by association
– bandwagon appeal
– appeal to values
– appeal to authority
– loaded language
– repetition

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Emotional
Appeals

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uses strong feelings, rather than facts, evidence and logic to persuade

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appeal to emotion fallacy

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occurs when an argument circumvents logic by attempting to manipulate the audience’s feelings.

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LogicalAppeal

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• provides rational arguments to support your claims using facts, figures, and statistics.

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card stacking

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where you don’t provide all
of the information for an audience to make a decision.

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fallacies

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• common errors in reasoning that will
undermine the logic of your argument.

• they can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim.

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Hasty generalizations:

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• assumptions about a whole group
or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or too mall)
• stereotypes about people are a common example of a hasty generalization.

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Ethical Appeal (ethos)

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• taps into people’s values or moral
standards
• strategic use of sound reasoning,
logic, claims, and evidence.
• help establish credibility and
authority as a writer or speaker.
• show that you can be relied upon
as a knowledgeable person with
good sense.

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appeal to authority

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-call an expert to provide credibility or importance to a product
-professionals

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authority

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People think that they are being manipulated

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false authority

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a type of informal fallacy or a persuasive technique in which it
is assumed that the opinions of a recognized expert in one area should be heeded in another area.

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authority fallacy

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saying that a claim is true just because an authority figure said so

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appeal by association

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suggest that a person or people should do something or believe something just because another person did it.

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types of appeal by association

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• bandwagon
• plainfolks appeal
•testimonial
•transfer

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bandwagon

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desire of people of belonging in a group

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plainfolks

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ordinary people are “on our side” or that a candidate is like a regular person

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testimonial

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relies on endorsements from celebrities or satisfied customers

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transfer

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connects a product, a candidate, or cause with a positive image

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loaded language

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uses words with positive or negative connotations to stir people’s emotions. loaded words aredesigned to manipulate

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denotation

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literal or primary
meaning of a word

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connotation

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an idea or feeling that a
word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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loaded language uses: (to manipulate)

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• name calling
• euphemisms
• glittering generalities

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name calling
using derogatory implications or innuendos to turn people against something
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euphemisms
doublespeak - where something bad is sanitized and twisted to make it seem better
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euphemisms
doublespeak - where something bad is sanitized and twisted to make it seem better
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glittering generalities:
use of slogans or simple phrases that sound good but give little or no information
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Persuasion in daily life
– TV ads – speeches – editorials – petitions – music – reels
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Caution:
• when used properly, persuasive techniques can add depth to writing that's meant to persuade. • persuasive techniques can, however, be misused to cloud factual information, disguise poor reasoning, or unfairly exploit people's emotions in order to shape their opinions
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Argument
speech or writing that presents a claim about an issue or problem and supports it with reasons and evidence.
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Analyzing an Argument
• an argument may be constructed of high-quality parts, or it might be poorly made. • to analyze an argument, you need to be able to understand its parts.
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Analyzing an Argument
• an argument may be constructed of high-quality parts, or it might be poorly made. • to analyze an argument, you need to be able to understand its parts.
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Rhetoric
The art of persuasion through communication. Form of discourse that appeals to people’s emotions and logic in order to motivate or inform.
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repetition
helps emphasize a point and makes a speech easy to follow.
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rhetorical questions:
questions that do not require a reply. Writers use them to suggest that their arguments make the answer obvious or self- evident.
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parallelism
•the repetition of grammatical elements in a piece of writing to create a harmonious effect. •It is also used to express ideas that are related or of equal importance.
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• analogies
is a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.