Logical Fallacies
Name-calling instead of arguing.
What is attacking the person?
Use this word to show what happened first.
What is first?
This rhetorical appeal relies on logic, facts, and statistics to persuade an audience.
What is Logos?
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
Thinking one thing caused another just because it came after.
What is assuming cause and effect?
Use this word to show something happens because of something else.
What is because?
This rhetorical appeal focuses on the credibility, authority, or character of the speaker or writer.
What is ethos?
Giving non-human things human qualities.
What is personification?
Repeating a word or phrase to emphasize its importance.
What is repetition?
Pretending there are only two choices.
What is a false choice?
This word adds more information
What is also?
This appeal to an audience's emotions, values, or beliefs is a common technique in persuasive writing.
What is pathos?
A contrast between what is said and what is meant.
What is irony?
The feeling or idea associated with a word.
What is connotation?
Changing the Subject.
What is dodging the question?
This word introduces a different idea.
What is but?
This figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or humorous effect.
What is hyperbole?
Words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
A question you don't expect anyone to answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
Saying something is true because you cant prove its false.
What is unproven equals true?
This word shows things are alike.
What is similarly?
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
Applying a word or phrase to something it doesn't literally mean.
What is a metaphor?
Saying the opposite of what you mean, often sarcastically.
What is verbal irony?