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Self-assessment of argumentative reasoning and logical fallacy recognition

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Scott's critique of NAFTA: persuasiveness through evidence and subjectivity

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The "Trash for Cash" program: persuasive memo analysis and employee compliance

We all know that we are in an era of cost savings and budget trimming. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your departmental and individual efforts thus far, and your continued mindfulness of the important to trim budgets whenever possible.

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Learning business communication through goodwill and persuasive writing

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Speaker credibility and audience motivation in persuasive communication

Motivated audience supports the speaker. They too can be moved inspired, stimulated and enthused through the persuasive efforts of the speakers: with a motivated audience a speaker directs and maintains their support.

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Forming sound judgments and developing persuasive arguments through inquiry

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The Coca-Cola Christmas advert: design and persuasive effectiveness

Advertisement is very crucial for making sales in a company. It is one way of making the potential buyers to come for the products that a farm offers. It is from the adverts that sales are made.

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Developing effective strategies for writing persuasive position papers

Its job is to argue for one side of an opinion pertaining to an issue. The main objective of a position paper is to make sure the reader think the opinion of the paper is defensible and valid.

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Wenzel's weak argument on H1N1 policy lacks persuasive elements

Wenzel delivers a weak-form argument that lacks many of the elements common in stronger arguments. Consider the pillars of persuasion: logos, ethos and pathos. Wenzel makes use of logos in that he seeks to draw connections between different facts and arguments.

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A critique of Grant Penrod's anti-intellectualism essay and its argumentative flaws

While the title of the essay "Anti-Intellectualism: Why we hate the smart kids" may resonate emotionally with many self-identified nerds, its author Grant Penrod ultimately relies too much on arguments-by-anecdotes to be really persuasive.

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