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Persuasion Unit Vocabulary

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Persuasionthe art of convincing individuals to do or believe something.
PropagandaA special form of persuasion, it is designed to distort the truth or deceive an audience in order to convince them to believe something, or to buy something.
Intricatevery complicated or detailed
Rudimentaryinvolving or limited to basic principles
Contemplatelook thoughtfully for a long time at
Avianof or relating to birds
Crucialof great importance
Bizarrevery strange or unusual
Flexibilitycapable of bending easily without breaking
Significantsufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy
Precautionsa measure taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening
Cognitivehaving to do with mental action, or thought
Inevitablecertain to happen; unavoidable
Propositiona statement that expresses a judgement or opinion
Savantlearned or well-informed
Intentionallydone on purpose; deliberate
Recognitionidentification of a thing or person from previous encounters or knowledge
Biasedprejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
Distortgive a misleading or false account or impression of
Stereotypewidely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
Testimonialusing a “real” person to endorse a product or idea.
Fallaciousfaulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument
Insufficientnot good enough, in need of something more


ESL Adjunct
Dodge City Community College
KS

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