Argument Elements
What is the term used when you speak against something, or say the opposite of something?
Contradict
What is a Bandwagon fallacy?
Things have always been done this way, So we should keep doing it this way.
When MLK Jr. continuously stated "I have a dream," what device was he using?
Repetition
What type of appeal is Pathos?
Appeals to someone's emotions!
What was Ms. B's toughest college class?
Math (Algebra 1)
What is the term for the definition "to confirm?"
Verify
What is a Strawman Fallacy?
Arguing that someone holds a view that they don't actually hold.
When someone refers to or mentions someone or something that is famous or widely known, it is said that they are using an .....
Allusion
The ASPCA dog commercials that sing "In the Arms of the Angel" display which appeal?
Pathos
What Two colleges did Ms. B attend?
Kent State and Wright State
What is a position or stance called?
A claim!
When you use personal attacks instead of evidence, you display which fallacy?
Ad Hominem
"Ms. B is as tall as a tree." This displays which rhetorical device?
Simile
What type of appeal is Ethos?
Appealing to someone's credibility and/or expertise.
Ms. B is VERY close to being able to teach another subject. Which subject?
French
True or False. Arguments should be formal and objective.
TRUE!
Bo once saw someone wearing a flannel shirt and based on that information concluded that he must be a lumberjack. He displayed which fallacy?
"Taylor Swift is a sun to this dark world." This example displays which rhetorical device?
Metaphor!
The Flex Seal commercial shows you that the product works and provides lots of examples of how it is useful. This displays which appeal?
Logos
What color car do I drive?
Silver
What are you doing when you restate in your own words?
Paraphrase!
If you insinuate that one action will lead to something terrible, you are displaying which fallacy?
Slippery Slope
"The wind whispered in the night and scared all of the children." This example displays which rhetorical device?
Personification
What type of appeal is logos?
Appealing to someone's logic or reasoning!
Have I ever dyed my hair?
YES! I used to dye the underside of hair black and bleach the top! YIKES