Ethos & Pathos
The primary goal of emotional appeals in an argument
What is: to influence the audience's emotions?
The 2 main components of Logos
What are Evidence and Logic?
Identify this fallacy:
"Get the new Iphone. Everyone's buying it!"
What is a Bandwagon Appeal?
WILD CARD: The age I will be after this month
What is 26?
What are Authority and Character? (Credibility and Reputation, etc.)
Logical reasoning that draws on numerous pieces of evidence to support a conclusion.
What is Inductive Reasoning?
Identify this fallacy:
"If you want to be successful, go to college or get a job."
What is an Either/Or Choice? (Also accept False Dilemma)
The color of the winning team's Gatorade in the Super Bowl
What is Purple?
Sharing a personal experience is an attempt to find this with an audience
What is Common Ground?
This logical structure claims that a solution used before should be used again.
What is Precedent?
Identify this fallacy:
"My English teacher says the economy is going to crash. He knows because he has a PhD."
What is an Appeal to False Authority?
The 4 elements of a Rhetorical Situation
What are: Writer, Context, Audience, Argument?
Name 2 ways a writer can establish their authority
What is: Experience, Education, Title, etc.
The technical term for a kind of deductive reasoning that depends on an audience's agreement with implicit assumptions.
What is an Enthymeme?
Identify this fallacy:
"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason."
What is a Faulty Analogy?
This person is often refered to as the "inventor" of rhetoric
Who is Aristotle?
Name 2 ways a writer can establish credibility and trustworthiness
What is: Transparency, Humor, Evidence, Personal Experiences, Opposing Viewpoints, etc.
The technical word for this classic example of logic:
All human beings are mortal.
Socrates is a human being.
Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
What is a Syllogism?
Identify the fallacy:
"San Francisco lost the Super Bowl because Usher had a bad performance."
What is Faulty Causality? (Post Hoc or Ergo Propter Hoc)
An argument consists of these 3 things
What is: a claim, reasons, and evidence?