Examples
Rhetorical Appeals
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Fact or Fiction
100

The example, “For 50 cents a day, you can help save these sick, dying animals’ lives”  uses ___.

What is pathos?

100

The appeal that uses logic and evidence.

What is logos?  

100

 A writer writes with a ___ they want to fulfill.

What is purpose?

100

You should do this action because it is normal/right.

What is Appeal to nature?

100

Not requiring standardized testing for college applications will lead to under qualified applicants being accepted.

What is fiction?

200

An advertisement for sneakers shows a professional athlete wearing them and talking about how good they are uses ___.

What is ethos?

200

The appeal that speaks to the credibility of the speaker or writer.

What is ethos? 

 

200

A fallacy is a flaw in _______ thinking.

What is logical?

200

“Innocent until proven guilty”, but a judgment is made without hearing out both sides of the argument.

What is Argument from Ignorance?

200

According to books, all women that were proven guilty were burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials.

What is fiction?

300

When giving a presentation, the speaker uses real life statistics to support their claim. This is an example of __.

What is logos?

300

The appeal that uses emotions to help the audience connect to the author.

What is pathos?

300

 Fallacious logos involves citing stark, startling statistics that will invoke a _____ emotion in  the audience.

What is specific?

300

Adding in a story that doesn’t relate to the topic at hand but draws a sympathetic response.

What is Appeal to pity?

300

According to the University of Nebraska there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

What is Fact?

400

 A sign that promotes recycling states that “Our turtles are dying, start recycling today!”

What is pathos?

400

The appeal that involves saying the right thing at the right time. 

 

What is kairos?

400

 A red herring introduces ___ facts to ____ from the actual argument.

What is irrelevant and detract?

400

When a political candidate claims that the nation is at risk if a certain action is not taken, it is an example of.

What is Argument from Authority // Kairos

400

My doctor said that everyone needs to exercise 30 minutes a day to live longer.

What is fiction?

500

A commercial urges consumers to buy a product because the sale ends that day. This is an example of ___.

What is kairos?

500

The appeal that uses invalid or weak evidence to give an unjustified premise.

What are fallacious appeals?

500

The Straw Man technique intentionally _____ your opponent’s positions by _____ their argument.

What is misrepresenting and exaggerating?

500

When someone attacks the person instead of the argument they're making: “You say I shouldn’t drink so much, but you drink everyday.”

What is Argument to the person? (They HAVE to answer this term, since Ad Hominem does NOT fit into this category)

500

The pope used to be a nightclub bouncer.

What is fact?

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