Logical Fallacies
Persuasive Appeals
Rs and more
The Cs
ADs
100
Claims one event or action will lead to another, more extreme event or action
Slippery Slope
100
To persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel
Pathos
100
A way of building an argument from general premises to a conclusion
Reasoning
100
A statement that asserts something to be true
Claim
100
A work of persuasion
Argument
200
A common effect in which someone adopts a trend of belief because the majority of people already seem to have adopted it
Bandwagon appeal
200
The use of logic and reasoning in crafting a piece of persuasive writing or rhetoric
Logos
200
A way of building an argument from general premises to a conclusion that is certain, inevitable, or inescapable.
Deduction
200
A phrase or idea that's been used to the extent that it has lost its original meaning and its allure
Cliché
200
An ongoing conversation between the reader and the text, so the reader can achieve a deeper understanding of what they are reading
annotation
300
Sharing irrelevant testimony
Unrelated testimonial
300
An argument that appeals to the audience by emphasizing the speaker's credibility and authority
Ethos
300
A figure of speech in which a question is asked for a reason other than to get an answer
Rhetorical question
300
Words and expressions that become commonplace within a specific language, geographic region, or historical era
Colloquialism
300
The conclusion after the climax of a narrative in which the complexities of the plot are unraveled and the conflict is finally resolved
Denouement
400
A statement or conclusion that does not logically arise from the thought that precedes it
Non sequitur
400
Imagine seeing this pet adoption advertisement...
Pathos
400
A conclusion reached through reasoning that's probable, reasonable, plausible, believable
Induction
400
Comparing two things in order to show the differences between them
Contrast
400
A genre of fiction literature whose content is imaginative, but based in science
Science fiction
500
A vague word or phrase that's used to evoke positive feelings rather than to convey information
Glittering generality
500
The frontal lobe of the human brain is responsible for logical thinking and reasoning....
Logos
500
Language used in speech and writing to make a specific impact on the audience/reader
Rhetoric
500
Attempts to influence opinion through deliberate distortions, as in suppressing information, over emphasizing selected facts, manipulating statistics, and quoting rigged or questionable research
Card stacking
500
Combining multiple sources and ideas
Synthesis